77 bag first class as UniAbuja graduates 12,624 students

The University of Abuja (UniAbuja) has announced that 77 graduating students will be conferred with first class degrees at the institution’s combined 29th and 30th convocation slated for April 17 and 18, 2026.

The Vice-Chancellor of UniAbuja (now Yakubu Gowon University), Prof. Hakeem Fawehinmi, announced this during the pre-convocation press briefing in Abuja on Monday, April 13.

Fawehinmi disclosed that 12,624 undergraduate students would be graduating in the joint convocation involving the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions.

Fawehinmi gave the breakdown to include 48 first class, 2,048 second class upper, 4,418 second class lower, and 644 third class, totalling 7,158 students for the 29th convocation, which involves the 2022/2023 set.

For the 30th convocation which involves the 2023/2024 set, the UniAbuja VC gave the breakdown as 29 first class, 1,395 second class upper, 3,091 second class lower, and 951 third class, totalling 5,466 students.

He said: “We are indeed very proud of our graduands who we have trained not only in knowledge and skills but also in character.

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“As part of our commitment to the development and advancement of our graduates, the overall best graduating students of both sets will be given automatic employment in the university to further their careers.

“We remain committed to developing the university in ways that will enable it to realise its aspiration of becoming a 21st-century world-class institution.”

The UniAbuja Vice-Chancellor added that with the massive population expected, the convocation ceremonies would be held on April 17 for first degrees and April 18 for higher degrees and the conferment of honorary doctorate degrees.

Fawehinmi disclosed that the university would confer Honorary Doctorate Degrees (Honoris Causa) on some distinguished Nigerians.

He listed them to include Prof. Yusuff Ali (SAN), Paul Odili, and Emmanuel Iza in recognition of their contributions to their various fields of endeavours and humanity.