Niger State-owned Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, IBBU, Lapai is set to confer Doctorate Degrees on four eminent Nigerians at the forthcoming 4th combined convocation ceremony even as 37 graduands bagged first class degrees and 22 expelled for poor academic performance and misconduct
Addressing journalists at a news conference yesterday, the vice chancellor, Prof. Abu Kasim Adamu said the event will take place at the weekend.
He said 6,154 students are to be graduated with 37 of them bagging first class degree for the 2019/20, 2021/22 session, a total of 954 of them bagged second class upper certificates, while 3, 283 would get second class lower division.
He added that a total of 1,538 will be graduating with a 3rd class degree and 17 others with pass degrees, and said 5,719 of the students will be from the undergraduate while 435 students are from the Post Graduate Diploma (PGD), Masters degrees Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Adamu said 17 students were withdrawn due to their inability to meet up with the required academic performance and seven others were expelled for misconduct.
The VC said the PhD has two graduands, Master of Arts ,19, Master of Sciences, 92, Master of Education, 68, Professional Masters, 204 and Postgraduate, 50.
Those to be honoured with doctorate degree are, His Excellency, Simon Bako Lalong, Governor of Plateau State: Honorary Doctorate Degree of Administration (Honoris Causa); Colonel Sani Bello, chairman, Mainstream Energy Solutions: Honorary Doctorate Degree of Human Letters (Honoris Causa); Malam Ibrahim Aliyu.
