President Mohammudu Buhari has said that the
present economic predicament of the country would soon be a thing of the past.
President Buhari said this at the 46th
convocation ceremony of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
President Buhari, who was represented by the minister of state on
education Anthony Anuka, explained that despite the economic problems facing
the country, the assemblage of Nigerians to mark the convocation has in no
small measure fueled the belief that the general public share the agony of the
present state of affairs in the country.
Buhari commended the
graduands, the honounary degrees awardees and the professor emeritus for their
hard work, he urged those going to corporate world not to engage in works
that lack meaning, works that produces useless or harmful products and works
that services the bureacratic structure.
In an opening remark,
the Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni
of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Entan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, said that Nigeria was
part of the global society where sepratism and isolation finds no root but
thrives on peace for the advancement of the country.
The monarch said that
the university confers higher degrees, diplomas and hononuary degrees to
superlative achivers which is a manifestation of the importance of
accomplishment, adding that university would continue to be champion in research
and learning, and will remain the leading university in Nigeria.
He urge all the
graduates of higher degrees and diploma and honorary degree Awardees to be good
ambassadors of this great University. He also congratulate the new Professors
Emeritus for the enviable academic feats and he requested them to continue to
play a mentorship roles to the younger generation of academic in the
University.
Earlier his address,
Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Prof. Benjamin Ozumba said
that the University admits a total of 2,023 post graduates to higher degrees
and diplomas, comprising 365 doctorate degree of philosophy, 1,419 of master’s
degrees in different discipline and 239 in post graduate diplomas.
The vice chancellor
said that the univertsity have solved the problem of inadequate social
services, poor facilities, lack of staff innovation, and streamlined the
academic programmes at both the undergraduate and post graduate levels, adding
that the University has commissioned the ultra modern NLNG-UNN Engineering
laboratory and Austin Avuru department of Geology complex.
From Felix Ikem,
Nsukka
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