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| Image: FUD main gate |
By Salisu K Ismail
Federal University, Dutse, in Jigawa state has graduated 2,872 students in the 6th and 7th conbined convocation out of which 74 students will be baged with the first class in their different fields of study.
This was made known by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo Muhammad on Thursday during the pre-convocation press briefing held at the Senate Building of the institution.
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| Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo Muhammad while addressing members of the press ahead the combined convocations. |
While briefing journalists, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo said during the combined convocation slated to hold Saturday, the 24th, 2024 the Chancellor of the University, his majesty, King W.S Joshua, Igbugburu X will preside over the award of degrees, postgraduate diploma and prizes to all the graduands and those that have won prizes.
"You may recall that, the 5th convocation ceremony took place in 2020 before the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic, after that, we had a prolonged ASUU strike which distorted the university calendar and made it difficult to organise the subsequent convocation ceremony," added Prof Sabo.
Also, the Vice Chancellor explained that, out of the graduating 1,058 students from various faculties in the list of 2019/2020 academic session, 38 graduands will be barge with first class, 321 with second class upper division, 564 with second class lower division and 135 with third class respectively.
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| A cross section of journalists and senior FUD officials during the briefing. |
He added that, the 1,814 students from varied faculties in the list of 2020/2021 academic session, about 36 graduands will be barge with first class, 515 with second class upper division, 946 with second class lower division and 317 will goes with the third class positions respectively.
Commenting on the challenges facing the university, Prof. Sabo Muhammad decried with current inflation and the meagre amount of overhead grant from the federal government which he said has almost made it impossible for the university administration to provide all the services needed for smooth running of academic and other services in the university.
Prof. Sabo however lamented on the unfortunate increased in the cases of theft of the university's equipments such as stationeries, electrical gadgets, water pumps, portable generators and even the stored diesel which noted that, it has to do with the current hardship in the country.
"The university is also disturbed with a persistent destruction of its erected fence by the neighboring community which has made illegal trespass by people and animals very difficult to control," he pointed.
However, the VC who appealed to all well-meaning individuals from within and outside the state to establish endowment funds to help the University to reach its deserved potentials and assured that the University will take drastic measures ill minded individuals found stealing or destructing the facilities belonging to the institution.
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