By Gbenga Odogun
Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State has graduated a total of 41 out of 499 will be graduating with first-class honours.
The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Alewo Akubo, disclosed this in Lokoja on Monday at a pre-convocation press briefing.
The students will be conferred with their degrees at the convocation scheduled for Friday.
The graduates are from the institution’s seven colleges, namely College of Management and Social Sciences; College of Natural and Applied Sciences; College of Humanities; College of Education; College of Communication and Information Technology; College of Law and Post Graduate School.
He said that the institution’s College of Basic Health and Medical Sciences had already been accredited and would ” hit the ground soon.”
The Vice-Chancellor maintained that the university had been turning out graduates who have been contributing to the development of Kogi State, Nigeria, and the world over.
He said, “Our sixth convocation comes up on Friday, November 29, 2024. We shall be graduating a total of 499. 41 of them have first class. The convocation is combined: 2022 and 2023/ 2024 sets.
“Our graduates are change agents. We are consciously imbibing something in our graduates, the reason why they contribute to the development of Kogi state, Nigeria, and the whole world.”
Akubo sought the assistance of those he referred to as critical shareholders including the state government, the Federal Government, and public-spirited individuals in lifting the university so that it can continue to contribute more to the development of Nigeria.
The Vice-Chancellor specifically implored the Federal Government to continue to encourage private universities, declaring, “Private universities are turning out graduates to serve the world at large. What public universities are doing, private universities are doing much more.
“The Federal Government should encourage private universities to do more. For a sustainable university education in Nigeria, attention should also be paid to private universities.”
