Prof. Okebukola
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the 聽Governing Council,聽水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Peter Okebukola,聽has聽said聽that graduates of the university have contributed at least 12 percent to Nigeria鈥檚 Gross Domestic Products (GDP).
He said in the聽eight years of the聽president Muhammadu聽Buhari administration,聽the university has graduated聽a total of聽148, 499 students who are well known in both public and private sectors as highly professional, exemplary in conduct, entrepreneurial and contributing significantly to the economic growth of Nigeria.
The council chairman, who stated聽in his speech at the school’s 12th聽Convocation聽Ceremony, held聽on Saturday, March 25, 2023聽at its Abuja headquarters, added聽that NOUN’s聽eight聽year assessment report on educational accessibility was excellent and commended聽the management for upholding its core mandate of providing accessible education to the average Nigerian from every walk of life.
Okebukola said NOUN had significantly expanded access to quality and affordable university education and crashed the number of suitable qualified prospective students who would ordinarily not have had access to tertiary education.
As聽the university with the highest number of enrollment in Nigeria, he disclosed that NOUN 聽has聽continued聽to be the first port of call for the majority of people who desire to learn at their pace and earn a globally reputable university degree.
While listing聽some of聽the university’s exemplary achievements in聽the recent past,聽聽citing聽the promotion of 41 scholars to the position of full professors, completion of聽over 40 building projects and 78 new study centres spread across the聽country聽to bring delivery of academics closer to potential students, the chairman explained the Governing Council has聽approved 25 policies聽in the last two years聽for better and more efficient management of the university.
Out of the 28, 740 graduands,聽Okebukola聽revealed that聽45 percent of the聽total number聽were women, setting NOUN as the聽trailblazer in the effort to聽bridge聽the disparities between male and female tertiary education enrollment.
He聽therefore聽charged the graduands to aim for great success聽, heaving praise on the Vice-Chancellor,聽Prof.聽Olufemi聽Peters as being one of the best聽VCs in Nigeria as he has聽taken NOUN to unprecedented heights in聽his聽few years聽in office.
The Pro-Chancellor thanked the federal government through the Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, as well as other critical stakeholders of NOUN, even as he acknowledged the presence of special guests in the ceremony.