UniAbuja offers automatic jobs to best graduates
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TLDR
- The University of Abuja, now Yakubu Gowon University, will offer automatic employment to its best graduating students.
- A total of 12,624 students are set to graduate across the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions, with 77 and 29 First Class graduates respectively.
- The university also plans infrastructural expansion to accommodate its growing student population and has restored stability after past administrative challenges.
The University of Abuja, under the leadership of Vice-Chancellor Prof. Hakeem Fawehinmi, is set to celebrate a significant milestone with its 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremonies. This event marks not only the graduation of 12,624 students but also heralds a new era of academic excellence and student welfare, highlighted by the groundbreaking announcement of automatic employment for the university's top graduates.
Overall, a total of 12,624 students will graduate. As part of our commitment to the development and advancement of our graduates, the overall best graduating students of both sets will be given automatic employment in the university.
This initiative underscores the institution's commitment to nurturing and retaining talent, ensuring that its brightest minds are immediately integrated into the academic community. The convocation week itself is a vibrant affair, featuring a range of activities from religious services to intellectual discourse, including a lecture on artificial intelligence in fintech, reflecting the university's forward-looking approach.
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.
Beyond celebrating academic achievements, the university is also focused on its future growth and stability. With a student population nearing 40,000 and projected to reach 50,000 by 2030, the need for infrastructural expansion is paramount. Vice-Chancellor Fawehinmi's acknowledgment of past administrative turbulence and his assurance of restored stability signal a strong foundation for the university's continued development. The conferment of honorary doctorate degrees on distinguished Nigerians further cements the university's connection to national progress and recognition of societal contributions.
The fact that we had three Acting Vice-Chancellors within a short period explains this crisis. We are glad that now, the storm is over.
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