The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) will present 35,758 graduands for the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 sessions for conferment of first degrees, postgraduate diplomas and higher degrees at its 42nd/Diamond Jubilee Convocation billed to hold on Saturday, January 28, 2023.
The number, released along with other activities lined up for the convocation by the institution’s registrar, Malam Rabiu Samaila, comprises 8,842 higher degrees (869 Ph.D; 60 M.Phil; 6,179 Masters; and 1,734 Postgraduate Diplomas 26,916 Bachelors Degrees (out of which 273 have First Class, 5,647 Second Class Upper Division, 17,567 Second Class Lower Division, 2,899 Third Class Honours, 45 Pass degrees, and 485 unclassified degrees).
Also, four outstanding personalities will be conferred with the institution’s honorary doctorate degrees for their immeasurable contribution to humanity.
The honorary degree awardees include former military governor of old Kano State Col. Sani Bello (rtd) and deputy secretary-general of the United Nations Ms. Amina Jane Mohammed. Others are former Bursar of Ahmadu Bello University Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Jibo and Katsina-based philanthropist Hajiya Fatima Lami Usman Kurfi.
The Visitor to Ahmadu Bello University, President Muhammadu Buhari, will be the Special Guest of Honour at the occasion while Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State will be the Chief Host, and His Highness, Malam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, the Emir of Zazzau, will be royal father of the day.
According to the director Public Affairs Directorate, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Auwalu Umar in a statement made available to newsmen, there will be a pre-convocation lecture scheduled to hold at ABU’s CBN Centre for Economics and Finance Auditorium at 4pm on Friday, 27th January, 2023.
