By Mohammed Suleiman, Dutse
President Bola Tinubu has urged Universities as citadels of learning to undertake cutting edge research that is responsive to the changing demands of the modern day world, thereby encouraging impactful education that will bring about sustainable development.
Tinubu gave the charge at the Federal University Dutse 6 and 7 Combined convocation on Saturday.
According to the President, “Our universities should define their roles and carve out a niche for themselves by designing programmes that will assist government in poverty reduction, creating employment opportunities, health promotion application for new technologies in the advancement of knowledge and equality, protecting the environment,
Others are promoting sustainable human development, as well as sustaining democracy and good governance without missing out on the quest towards the attainment of the renewed hope agenda of this administration.
P to the University, was represented by
the Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof Kabiru Bala
The institution’s Vice Chancelor, Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Muhammad said, a total of 2,872 graduated at the combined convocation from various field of studies and that out of the number, 74 students got first-class, 836 second class upper, 1510 second class lower and 452 graduated with third class.
Professor Abdulkarim Sabo maintained that, the graduands emerged from faculties of Agriculture, Art and Social sciences, Computer Science, and the faculty of sciences. Others are two Ph.D, 47 M.Sc, 376 Masters and 189 post graduate diploma graduands.
He listed some of his achievements in the University to include the completion of N1.2 billion internet broadband by the ministry of communication and digital economy.
