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| Founder of AUn Atiku Abubakar with President of the University Margee Ensign |
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| cross section of graduating students |
The American University of Nigeria (AUN) has graduated 289 students at its fifth convocation ceremony held on Saturday in Yola.
Speaking at the convocation, the President of the university, Prof. Margee Ensign, said that the university since its inception nine years ago had centred on community-based services and development.
According to him, the university is committed to helping the community and society achieve equitable and sustainable prosperity.
The president said that the university’s sustainability initiative was one of its many developmental projects.
She pointed out that one of such projects was the training of groups of women from the host community on recycle plastic and other waste-into-useful items.
She explained that the group was assisted with a view to fostering peace and harmony in the state and in the region.
Two prominent scholars: Charlayne Hunter-Gault, an American and the late Alhaji Abubakar Imam of Nigeria were conferred with honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters.
Among dignitaries at the occasion were the the former Vice President and founder of the university, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, foreign diplomats, traditional rulers and academics from various institutions within and outside Nigeria.
Congratulations to them all, abeg make our country proud oooo!!!!!
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