ANAMBRA: Akpabio Delivers Lecture As Ojukwu University Convocates 2,020 Students

FORMER governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio will on Friday, deliver the convoca­tion lecture of Chukwue­meka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), former Anambra State University, at the TETfund Auditorium, Igbariam campus.

The Vice chancellor of the university, Prof Fidelis Okafor who announced this yes­terday, during a pre-convo­cation press briefing at the university stated a total of 2,020 students would graduate with first degree, 200 Msc, 300 in PGD and 20 PhDs during the seventh convocation ceremonies adding that the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano will commission the Law Auditorium donated by Ben Nwazoji (SAN) Foundation to immortalise him at the bar.

Besides the Law Auditorium, the state governor is billed to commission a feed­mill at the Faculty of Agri­culture, donated by Chief Vincent Amaechi Obianodo, CEO of Young Shall Grow Motors to the university.

According to the Vice Chancellor, the convocation will be unique as it coincided with Obiano’s two years in office and the personal visit of Senator Akpabio, who was awarded Doctor of Law of the university in 2013, but was unable to re­ceive it physically stressing that the university will accordingly decorate the former governor on Friday as well as present him his certificate.

In the list of awardees, according to the university’s administrative head is a retired Supreme Court Justice, Justice Adolphus Karibe-Whyte, would be honoured with Doctor of Letters of the university.

In his remarks, he stated that the uni­versity had experienced rapid growth as its ranking in the universities in Nigeria had moved from 97th to 67th out of 140 universities in Nigeria and reiterated on the institution’s target to be the 10^th university in Nigeria in no distant time.

Speaking further, Okafor disclosed that American Research Institute recently rated the COOU as one of the nine recognised in Ni­geria in research and that the university was recently elected into the supreme council of West African Examinations Council with JAMB ranking it second best in admission compe­tence after University of Benin.