56 students bag first class at Abuja varsity convocation

The Veritas University in Abuja, on Saturday, November 9, 2024, graduated 795 students with 56 awarded first class honours in various disciplines at the institution’s 13th convocation ceremony

716 were undergraduate students while 79 graduated from the postgraduate school.

Out of the 716 undergraduate students, 56 came out with first class honours, 329 with second class upper division, 291 with second class lower division and 40 with third class.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Hyacinth Ichoku, said the impact of the institution had reflected in its standard of education.

Ichoku said the students had recorded outstanding breakthroughs by winning awards for the school and country both at the national and international levels.

The VC stated: “Our students have continued to shine in the last years. The Software Engineering Department of the institution won the African Global Engineering Competition.

“We have also won the Commonwealth debating championship as well as an AI competition involving 150 universities.”

He added that the institution had inaugurated its endowment fund with the aim of generating funds to address the infrastructural needs of the university.

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Ichoku noted that the institution had just completed the construction of two separate hostels, each to accommodate 500 students, while also expanding its digital hub that would facilitate international teaching and learning.

Ichoku said the institution was planning the construction of its faculty of engineering and innovation.

Also speaking at the event, the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, lauded the institution for its achievements.

Maiyaki said the milestone resulted from years of hard work, resilience, and commitment to inculcating academics and moral values for the educational advancement of the country.

The institution’s Pro-chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr Matthew Kukah, said the country was at a crossroads as a result of the numerous challenges facing the country.

Kukah added that with the emergence of a new terrorist group, there was a need for the country to brace up to this challenge to avert future problems.

He charged the graduating students to deliver on the confidence reposed in them to help the country find a lasting solution to some of the challenges.

The Star