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Varsity graduates 13,554 at convocation

85 students are bestowed with First Class Honors, 3,040 graduated with the second-class upper- division, while 7,286 had second class lower.

UNN, Nsukka

The University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka will at its 45th convocation ceremony on Friday 19th February 2016 graduates 13,554 students, Guardian reports.

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Of this number, 85 students are bestowed with First Class Honors, 3,040 graduated with the second-class upper- division, while 7,286 had second class lower.

As part of the activities lined up for the convocation is the convocation lecture, titled “The Petroleum Industry and the Future of the Nigerian Nation”, which will be delivered by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu.

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Other activities include an exhibition, a convocation debate on the topic, “University Education should be ‘Skill-based’ rather than ‘Cognitive Driven.’Meanwhile, the university will confer honourary doctorate degrees on the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Comassie. Ambassador Godwin Alaoma Onyegbula and Prince Arthur Eze will be conferred with the Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration (Honoris Causa) while Justice Eze Ozobu would receive Doctor of Philosophy in Law.

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