University of Nigeria (UNN) said it has produced close to 60 generations of alumni and over 200,000 graduates from its inception.
The vice chancellor of the institution, Prof Charles Igwe, disclosed this known in Enugu yesterday while briefing journalists on the activities of its’ 63rd Founders’ Day celebration held at the Main Hall of the Enugu campus of the university. The university was founded on October 6, 1960.
Igwe said the founders’ day celebration is held in commemoration of the founding of the university-Nigeria’s first indigenous university.
“Thus, we should be celebrating not only the birth of UNN, but also the historical milestone of the birth of University Education as a whole.
“It is on record that the University of Nigeria has now produced close to 60 generations of alumni and from our matriculation number the exact number of graduates produced so far by the university is over 200,000.
“It is for this reason, that our Founders’ Day celebration is marked as an elaborate and weeklong activity during which staff, students and alumni come together to honour our founders and forebears,” Prof Igwe said.
He further stated that the university has entered into a number of new international collaborations with reputable universities across the world.
“In the last one year, we have signed a good number of MOUs with several universities, including those in very distant countries like Australia, Japan and Russia. This is an additional proof that the University of Nigeria is an outward-looking Institution.
