UNILORIN holds convocation, bars graduates without first class from attending

Date: 2021-10-11

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) says it will hold its 36th Convocation from October 15, this year, with plans to bar graduates without first-class degrees from attending the ceremony.

This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Kunle Akogun, the University's Director of Corporate Affairs, on Sunday in Ilorin.

Akogun explained that it would be the institution's 36th Convocation ceremony to be held at the Main Auditorium.

According to him, the convocation programme will commence on Oct. 15, with a special Juma'at service at the University Central Mosque by 1.30 p.m.

He said that this would be followed on Oct. 17, with an Interdenominational Church Service at St. Thomas Aquinas Chaplaincy at the Main Campus by 9.00 a.m.

Akogun stated that the main events of the ceremony would formally commence on Oct. 18, with the Vice-Chancellor's Press Briefing at the University's Auditorium by 10 a.m.

"This will be followed on Oct. 21, by the Convocation Play, entitled 'Aadoye' (No secret anywhere - A South African Dance Interpretation) by Steve James, Choreographed by Felix Akinsipe, at the institution's Performing Arts Theatre at 4 p.m and 6 p.m, respectively.

"This year's Convocation Lecture comes up on Oct. 22, to be delivered by a distinguished legal luminary, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), entitled: 'Tertiary Education and the Future of Nigeria'.

"The grand finale comes up on Saturday, Oct. 23, with the Convocation for the Award of Prizes, First and Postgraduate Degrees and Diplomas from all the 15 Faculties and the Postgraduate, "he said.

He stated that attendance at the main convocation event on Oct. 23, would be restricted to only graduands with 1st Class Degree Honours, Prize winners and Doctoral Awardees.

Akokun stressed that "hence, entry into the Main Auditorium will be strictly by invitation cards".

He noted that the dignitaries expected to grace the event include the Visitor to the University, President Muhammadu Buhari; the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu; and the Chancellor of the University, the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, among others. NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Gani Saadu     Wahab Egbewole     Aliyu U. Tilde     Kwara Restoration Project     Sulaiman Gado     Issa Oloruntogun     BECE     Ganmo     Dairo Kunle Paul     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Mohammed Yisa     Osinbajo     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Samari     Folaranmi Aro     Emmanuel Bello     Yakubu Gobir     Sola Saraki University     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ghali Muhammed     Akeem Lawal     Sarah Jubril     Babs Iwarere     Saad Belgore     Valsolar Consortium     Samuel Adaramola     Saidu Kawu     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Tafida     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Kayode Issa     Kwara Polytechnic     Overland     Alimi     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Coronavirus     Rihanat Ajia     Shuaib Olarongbe     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Toyin Falola     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Atiku     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Igosun     Olatunde Jare     Habeeb Saidu     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Azeez Salawu     MATTA Girls Foundation     Sabi     Olabode Towoju     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Mahe Abdulkadir     Muazam Nayaya     Smart School     Deji Ajani     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Patience Jonathan     Amosa     Ashiru     Segun Olawoyin     Harafat E. Mukadam     Dankaka     Sarkin Malamai     Radio SBS     Eleyele     Alaiye     Gbemisola Saraki     SDP     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Olabanji Orilonishe     Adeola Abraham     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Zara Umar     John Dara     Monkey Pox     Azeez Bello     Bisi Kristien     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Adekunle David Dunmade     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Rashidi Yekini     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Playing Host     Owode Market     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ilorin West     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Razaq Atunwa     Sabo-Oke     Oro Grammar School     Edu     Ijagbo Health Centre     SDP     Pakata Development Association     Minimum Wage     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Gbenga Olawepo     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     JSSCE     Binta Sulyman     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Alanamu     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Kwara 2023     Tafida     Suleiman Idris     Noah Yusuf     Tunde Akanbi     Hajj     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Tafidan Kaiama     Bamidele Adegoke     Hamza Usman     Sheikh Ariyibi     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Kamoru Kadiri     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Offa Grammer School     Jimoh Akani     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Saheed Alakoso     Balogun Gambari     Computer Based Test     Wasiu Onidugbe     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Abatemi Usman     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Salman Suleiman     Dasuki Belgore     Adanla-Irese     Afonja Descendants Union     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Musa Abdullahi     Press Release     Kehinde Boyede     College Of Education     Fareedah Dankaka     VADA     Abdulrazaq Sanni     SSA Youth Engagement     EndSARS     Solomon Edoja