The vice chancellor of University of Abuja, now Yakubu Gowon University, Professor Hakeem Babatunde Fawehinmi, Monday said the university will give automatic employment to best graduating students to further their career.
He made this statement during the pre- convocation press briefing at the University Main Campus, Abuja.
He said the university is very proud of graduands, whom were trained not only in knowledge and skills but also in character, adding that as part of the commitment to development and advancement of graduate, the overall best graduating students will be given automatic employment in the university to further their career.
The VC further stated that the briefing is intended to provide an overview of the 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremony spinning eight days, as well as to present some key developments across the university.
The University of Abuja, established in 1988, was envisioned as a comprehensive institution that combines conventional and distance learning models. With nearly 40,000 students currently enrolled and a projected enrolment of 50,000 by 2030, there is a sense in which we can tell Nigerians that this federal university needs massive expansion of infrastructure to become the University of our dreams, a modern university of first choice.
He said in recent times, the university was faced with leadership and administrative turbulence, marked by tension, disunity, rancour and mudslinging, all of which were unwholesome for the university’s image.
“The fact that we had three acting vice-chancellors within a short period explains this crisis. We are glad that the storm is over. We would like to thank the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, an organised and quiet operator, and the Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Ahmad, for working with the visitor to stabilise the university,” he said.
