President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, as the chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria NOUN.
The Vice Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Olufemi Peters, who stated this in Abuja, ahead of the 13th convocation of the University, said Oba Ewuare would be conferred with an honorary doctorate degree and installed as the chancellor of the university before the convocation ceremony on Saturday
Prof Peters expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for appointing the renowned monarch and said the appointment would further reposition the university as a foremost open and distance learning institution.
Prof Peters said NOUN would on Saturday, 13th April, graduate 22,175 students at its 13th convocation.
According to him, 22 out of the total number of graduates bagged first-class degrees.
Speaking further on the breakdown of the figure, the VC said the university has 15,768 students as undergraduates, while 6,407 will graduate from post graduate studies.
“This year, a total number of graduates that we have is 22,175 across our various campuses.
“I’m happy to report that we have 6 PhDs graduate which is an indication that the University is gradually moving towards establishing a more robust post graduate school,” he said.
He also disclosed that Dr. Innocent Chukuwuma, a prominent Nigerian entrepreneur and founder of Innoson Motors and activist, Hajiya Hafsat Abdulwaheed, who is the first female novelist in Northern Nigeria, would be honoured.
Peters also said the University has increased its study centres from the initial 17 to 120 spread across the country, noting that the institution has surmounted most of the challenges it faced in the past.
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