By Ibrahim Yunusa
Bayero University, Kano (BUK), holds its 39th convocation ceremony on Wednesday, February 12.
In a press briefing, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sagir Abbas, announced that “4,402 graduands of different programs from their respective faculties” will receive their certificates.
He also stated that “another 4,367 graduands from seven faculties in which 176 first degrees, 275 PhDs, 2,590 Master’s Degrees and 535 Postgraduate Diplomas will be graduating.”
The Vice-Chancellor disclosed that Khalil Sulaiman Halilu, the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of NACENI, will deliver the convocation lecture on Friday, February 14.
The lecture, “Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Pathway to National Development,” will be chaired by the Honourable Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Jeffrey Nnaji.
On the event’s final day, the university will confer Honorary Degrees on two distinguished Nigerians: Colonel Sani Bello, a former Military Governor of Kano State, and Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano, popularly known as A.A. Rano.
Explaining the choice of honorees, Professor Abbas stated that “the first nominee is selected due to his vast contribution to education during his administration as Military Governor of Kano State, in which he established the prominent Kano Science Schools and he facilitated the varsity permanent site.”
Regarding Alhaji Rano, the Vice-Chancellor said, “the second nominee is being on the list by sponsoring students from Kibiya, Rano and Bunkure local governments, and he sustains in giving them 60 thousand Naira as upkeep from last session to date and his unwavering contributions to not only underprivileged of his community during Ramadan but to the state at large.”
The 39th convocation will also witness the awarding of Emeritus Professorship titles to three distinguished retired professors, including Professor Garba Dahuwa Azare, Professor Julius Afolabi Falola, and Professor Musa Muhammad Borodo.
Professor Abbas concluded that “the sum of not less than 100 million is budgeted for the whole convocation ceremonies.”