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BREAKING NEWS: Benue varsity graduates 23,060, honours Enenche, others
He said, “We are hopeful the proposed Bachelor of Pharmacy programme will come on stream from the 2020/2023 academic session. We are expecting Architecture, Geology, Building and Special Education programs to follow.”
Benue State University, Makurdi, is graduating 23,060 students in its four-set combined convocation ceremony that will be held on Saturday.
The university will also confer honorary doctorate degrees on some distinguished Nigerians including Chancellor, His Gracious Majesty, King Disreal Gbobo Bob-Manuel II, for Doctor of Laws; Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, for Doctor of Laws; Dr Paul Enenche forDoctor of Divinity; Chief Christopher Chuka Erdodu for Doctor of Commercial, and Prince Arthur Eze for Doctor of Business Administration.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Joe Tor Iorapuu, stated this during the pre-convocation press briefing at the school’s Senate chambers, on Thursday,
He gave the breakdown of the number of graduates as Bachelor’s 20,815; Postgraduate Diplomas, 494; Masters, 1,605 and PhD, 146.
The VC said the combined convocation was tagged “BSU at 30: Boundless Years of Academic Growth”, adding that the institution will also be celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Iorapuu said he had recorded tremendous achievements since he came on board and expressed delight that of the 12 academic programmes lined up for accreditation, 11 have been fully accredited.
He said, “We are hopeful the proposed Bachelor of Pharmacy programme will come on stream from the 2020/2023 academic session. We are expecting Architecture, Geology, Building and Special Education programs to follow.”
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