Convocation: Alex Ekwueme varsity to confer doctorate award on Ex-gov. Elechi, Innoson

Uchenna Okeh, Abakaliki

The Vice Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme federal university Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, FUNAI, Sunday Oge Elom has said that the varsity will confer a doctorate degree award on the former governor of Ebonyi State, Martin Elechi as Doctor of Economics.

Elom made this known during a press conference to mark the 7th and 8th combined convocation ceremony of the university, held at his office, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo LGA.

He said that the university will equally confer a doctorate degree award to Innocent Chukwuma, Founder/CEO, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company as Doctor of Engineering and Technology.

The Vice chancellor, Elom explained that the award on the former governor, Martin Elechi and Innocent Chukwuma was as a result of their contributions to the development of the country.

He said: “we will be honoring the hard work, dedication, and perseverance of our graduating students, as well as the support of their families, friends, and our faculty members.

Elom further noted that the university will: “We are turning out 96 postgraduates, 9 Ph.Ds, 62 Masters and 24 Postgraduate Diplomas. It is the first time the university is presenting Ph.D. and Masters’ Degree students for convocation.

“We are turning out 3,474 graduates – 1, 357 of them belong to the 2020/2021 set while 2, 117 is of the 2021/2022 academic year. Out of these 3, 474 graduating students, 52 graduated with First Class, 911 with Second Class (Upper Division), 2, 088 with Second Class (Lower Division), 407 with Third Class and 1 with pass” he stated.

He explained further that: “The university under my watch has made verifiable progress in many fronts. We have ensured that all our academics programmes were approved and accredited by the National Universities Commission and relevant professional bodies. Consequently, our students graduate on schedule, and are also mobilized to the NYSC programme each year, and in every batch and stream.

“Our university has also gained the reputation as a rapidly emerging citadel of learning, globally recognized for the seriousness of its academic activities. More so, our university, its staff and students are ranked highly by international rating organizations in world universities rankings, research output and debate competitions” he stated.