The Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, are among distinguished Nigerians that will be conferred with honourary Doctoral titles of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD) during the nineth Convocation ceremonies of the institution slated for November 20.
Also to receive honorary doctorate degrees are the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari and the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe.
The Vice Chancellor of ABUAD, Professor Smaranda Olarinde, disclosed this on Monday at a press conference heralding the 12th anniversary of institution’s establishment and 9th convocation ceremonies of the university.
The VC disclosed that a total of 125 graduates would bag First Class honours out of 1,306 that will receive bachelor degrees, while 109 will be decorated with Postgraduate Degrees in various academic fields making an aggregate of 1, 415 graduands.
Giving the breakdown of the first class graduates, Olarinde clarified that the College of Engineering top the list with 42 first class records, while Law, Medical and Health Sciences, Sciences and Social and Management Sciences recorded 18, 17, 14 and 34 respectively, with Medicine recording none.
The ABUAD’s VC revealed that the convocation lecture titled, ‘ University as Catalyst for Regional Economic Development ‘ will be delivered by the Executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Professor Suleiman Bogoro under the championship of the minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuba.
She said Governor Zulum will be decorated with Doctor of Letters (LLD), honoris causa based on his “proven integrity, character and exceptional contributions to the development of the society”, as applicable to other honourees to be decorated by ABUAD.
The Vice Chancellor disclosed that Oba Ogunwusi and the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, will be garlanded with Doctor of Letters (Honori causa), while the Emir of Ilorin, will get prestigious honorary title of Doctor of Laws .
According to her, “Honorary Degrees anywhere in the world are awarded on a highly selective basis to persons of proven integrity and character who have made exceptional and distinguished lifetime contributions to the society.
“It is therefore my greatest Honor to congratulate this year’s recipients for their inspirational lifetime achievements and relentless service to humanity.
“Since we took off, ABUAD had won national and international awards in teaching, research, academics and had been found outstanding in community development, the recent being our ranking as the 1st among the private universities operating in the country.”
Reeling out the giant strides being made by ABUAD in research, Olarinde said processes for the certification of anti-Covid 19 herbal medicine designed by the university’s experts , had been presented to the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
She said, “The drug had passed through clinical trials . It has even got preliminary certification by NAFDAC and we are now expecting the NAFDAC number for mass production. I can tell you that by January, it will be available for members of the public.
“The team of experts that did the research involved our lecturers and students, who were part of the processes and we are sure that the herbal drug will hit the market next year.”
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