Salem University, Lokoja will tomorrow graduate 499 during its 6th convocation ceremony. Forty-one of the graduands recorded first class honours.
The graduands are from the institution’s seven colleges, namely College of Management and Social Sciences; College of Natural and Applied Sciences; College of Humanities; College of Education; College of Communication and Information Technology; College of law and Post Graduate School.
The institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Alewo Akudo, made the revelation in Lokoja at a pre- convocation press briefing.
He added that the institution’s eight college, namely college of basic health and medical sciences had already been accredited and would “hit the ground soon”.
The vice chancellor maintained that the university had been turning out graduates that contribute to the development of Kogi State, Nigeria and globally.
His words: “Our sixth convocation comes up on Friday,29, November,2024. We shall be graduating a total of 499. Four-one of them have first class. The convocation is combined: 2022 and 2023/ 2024 sets.
“Our graduates are change agents. We are consciously imbibing something in our graduates; the reason why they contribute to the development of Kogi State, Nigeria and the whole world.”
Prof. Akudo sought for the assistance of those he referred to as critical shareholders, including the Kogi State government, Federal Government and public-spirited individuals in lifting the university so that it can continue to contribute more to the country’s growth.
The vice chancellor specifically implored the Federal Government to continue to encourage private Universities in Nigeria, declaring: “Private universities are turning out graduates to serve the world at large. What public universities are doing, private universities are doing much more.”
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