By Deborah Nnamdi
Rivers State University has disclosed that 120 students will be awarded First Class Degree honours during its 36th convocation slated for Saturday. The figure represents 1.8% of bachelor’s degree graduates participating in the ceremony.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nlerum Okogbule, disclosed this during a pre-convocation press briefing at his office in Port Harcourt, revealed that the distribution for bachelor’s degrees included: Second Class Honours Upper Division, 1,962; Second Class Honours Lower Division, 4, 017; Third Class, 757, Pass Degree 58.
Okogbule stated there would also be a graduation of the first set of Nursing graduates from the university, noting, “This is a landmark achievement not only for the university but also for the Rivers State Government, which is massively supporting the Medical College and the university.”
“It will also serve as a forerunner to another first in the significant event to be witnesses in this university, namely the graduation and induction of the first set of medical doctors from the university by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria scheduled for January 2025.”
“Bachelor’s Degree will be awarded on Friday, December 13, 2024, while Higher Degrees will be awarded on Saturday, December 14, 2024.
“There will be a convocation lecture which will be delivered by a distinguished son of Nigeria and former Vice Chancellor of Utman DanFodio University, Prof. Lawal Suleiman, on Thursday, December 12, 2024.
He explained that the arrangement is to address the issue of overcrowding and reduce the time spent on each day of the convocation.
“For the Higher Degrees, we will be graduating Post Graduate Diplomas 743, Masters Degree, 1,195. Doctor of Philosophy, PhD Degrees, 442, bringing the total for the Post Graduate Degrees to 2, 212.
“We will be graduating a total of 8, 920 graduands.” He added.
The Vice-Chancellor commended the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for the numerous and continued support to the institution that had seen it grow from strength to strength.
