Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, says it is graduating 25 first class honours in its 12th Convocation ceremony scheduled for Saturday, December 10, 2022 at the institution’s auditorium.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Noah Yusuf made this disclosure during his press briefing on the 12th Convocation ceremony in Ilorin on Tuesday.
Yusuf, while giving the breakdown of the graduating students explained that 362 students came out with Second Class Upper Division, 566 students came out with Second Class Lower Division and 94 with Third Class, all totalling 1,047 undergraduate students.
While proceeding with the statistics, he said 184 students are graduating with Post Graduate degrees and 49 students are bagging the University’s diplomas, all totalling 1, 280 students.
Prof Yusuf said that three eminent personalities will be awarded Honoris Causa degrees as follows: Mr Fola Adeola, FCA, mni, will bag Doctor of Business Administration; Mrs Mosun Belo-Olusoga will bag Doctor of Accounting; and Mrs Foluke K. AbdulRazaq, Doctor of Finance.
According to the Vice Chancellor, the university is unveiling the Al-Hikmah University N50 billion Endowment and Development Fund aimed at ensuring rapid development of the first Islamic-based University in Nigeria.
“In the year under review the university completed two hostel projects at Atere and Igbaja Campuses each supported by Governor Aminu Masari of Kastina State and Islamic Solidarity Fund of Saudi Arabia..
“The university had ensured effective collaboration with several national and international institutions, National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Nigerian Army, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Cavalla International University (CIU) among others.
“Improved and sustained students enrolments since my assumption of office. For the first time in recent years, the university recorded a higher number of admitted regular students with 1,287 students in 2021 and over 1,500 in 2022.
“Constitution of Senate Research Grant Committee with budgetary provision for individuals and collaborative researches in the institution.
” Robust support for the Faculty of Agriculture in Igbaja campus on crop produce, animal husbandry and poultry with the aim to feed the whole of Kwara and Nigeria in distance future.
” Unveiling of 5-year Strategic Plan, which has been approved by the University’s Council and debut of the first annual report of the University which is currently in press and shall be circulated to all unit before the end of the year,” he said
Prof Yusuf hinted on the take off of the Faculty of Medical Sciences and Engineering, saying that arrangements had been completed for the take off of Medicines, while Engineering will follow very soon.
The VC said that the University community is currently celebrating the exceptional performance of the first set of Law students from the institution, saying that their beilliant performance is a reflection of the quality of education existing in Al-Hikmah University.
Yusuf noted that despite the various feats recorded during the year, the institution like others is faced with some challenges both internal and external, among which are inadequate funding, absence of support from the government, infrastructural gap against rising students’ enrolments.
He appealed to the Federal and State government to accord education its right priorities and to assist the private universities.
Prof Yusuf said that the university has provided sporting facilities like table tennis, volley ball, football, long tennis among others to its students in all its three campuses to keep them busy and fit physically and emotionally.
