61 bag first class honours as 2511 students graduate from Lokoja university

No fewer than 61 graduands have bagged first class honours as 2511 students graduated from the Federal University Lokoja, (FUL) in Kogi State.

The Vice Chancellor of FUL Prof. Olayemi Durotimi Akinwunmi disclosed this on Monday at a press briefing held at the institution’s campus to mark the sixth and seventh combined convocation ceremony of the university.

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According to the vice chancellor, out of the graduands, 99 will be conferred with Masters Degree, while 128 will be honoured with Postgraduate Diploma.

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A breakdown of the graduands according to the university don, shows that in the sixth set, 28 graduands bagged First Class, 319 Second Class Upper, 736 Second Class Lower, 197 Third Class while three obtained Pass degrees.

Akinwunmi explained further that, in the seventh set, 33 bagged First Class, 386 Second Class Upper, 668 Second Class, and 250 Third Class, while one student had a Pass degree.

He disclosed that in 2023, the institution was ranked 120th best University in Sub Saharan Africa, 17th in Nigeria and ninth among Federal Universities.

The Vice Chancellor announced that the university has commenced the departments of Medicine, Nursing and Engineering, while Agriculture, Law, Pharmacy, Psychology and Medical Laboratory Sciences programs are in the pipeline.

He explained that the College of Health Sciences of the University has taken off fully with pioneer students now in 200 level, adding that, Engineering and Nursing programs will take off in the 2023/2024 academic session.

The Vice Chancellor, however, thanked former President Muhammadu Buhari for converting the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, to a Federal Teaching Hospital, to enable the institution conduct its Medical Program.

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