ABU Awards 49 First Class Degrees At Its 39th Convocation

The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, has
awarded First Class degrees to 49 students at its
39th convocation ceremony held on Saturday, 26th
November 2016.
Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor of
the university, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, mentioned that
11,731 students graduated, 2,697 students obtained
Masters degree while 289 were awarded PhD
degree.

President Muhammadu Buhari who was represented
by the Executive Secretary, National Universities
Commission (NUC), Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar,
urged ABU to pay more attention to agricultural
researches, he added that a visitation panel would
soon be constituted to rid universities of corruption
and also look into the financial management of the
institutions, including statutory allocations and the
internally generated funds for the period under
review.
He appealed to the management of all Nigerian
universities to ensure best practices in conducting
the affairs of institutions. He also commended the
Ahmadu Bello University for being outstanding in the
maintenance of federal character in the composition
of its staff and students