President Muhammadu Buhari has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate degree of Letters by the Kaduna State University.
Buhari got the honorary doctorate on Saturday, during the second Convocation ceremony of the University in Kaduna.
Other awardees are Governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai and Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
Speaking at the occasion, the President’s advice commended the institution’s development strides in terms of academic excellence and inculcating discipline in the students within its 11 years of existence.
He suggested a review of the academic approaches owing to report that about 80% of the graduates from Nigerian universities find it very difficult to get employment every year, partly due to the curricula of the universities and other tertiary institutions, which lay emphasis on training for white-collar jobs.
President Buhari said that Nigeria would need to increasingly globalize education through entrepreneurship if it would reduce the high rate of unemployment and poverty in the country.
The President pushed the point further by mandating that all university students in Nigeria, regardless of their major, would need to study entrepreneurship during the academic career.
He promised that his administration would embark on programmes that will ensure that youths are gainfully employed as part of efforts to reduce unemployment and insecurity in the country.
The Nigerian economy, historically, has depended largely on oil revenues. As the country tries to diversify away from dependence on oil, the President maintained that entrepreneurship remains key to the future of the country’s socioeconomic development.
This he noted could only be achieved if the youths are inculcated with the necessary skills and knowledge to be independent right from their days in school.
buhari2Business mogul, Aliko Dangote, was also honoured with an honorary doctorate degree along with other awardees.
The second convocation of the Kaduna State University is for students who graduated from the institution between 2012 to 2015 academic sessions.
Since its establishment in 2005, the University has continued to develop both in terms of infrastructure and academic excellence. 38 out of the 4,000 graduating students bagged first class in various disciplines.
The University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Quirix said that this feat could not have been achieved without the strong foundation laid down by the management and support from government.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, while eulogizing the successes so far recorded by the University in the area of entrepreneurship and leadership programmes, gave the assurance that his government would continue to support state owned tertiary institutions to develop by increasing their annual grants and employing additional staff. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This is too early, why people, institutions and Co looking for cheap popularity. ..Mr. President, these are the kind of people that will derail your focus b/c of their special interest and gain. Nigerians are suffering, we voted you to do things tangible urgently. We are not interested in these unreasonable ceremonies. We want a change that will touch the grass root people, this will effect from orice of fuel pump price being reduced to 40 naira oer litre, this will automatically effect other needs like transport, food, housing etc. We need you to do these first, then you can be eligible for honorary deg. But now, NO. I believe you are a discipline man. We don't want business as usual. Thank yiu Mr. President.
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ReplyDeleteSomeone who cannot speak English given phd
ReplyDeleteBuhari now buying phd when he can't even speak English
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ReplyDeleteThey shld have given him honorary sch sat... let him start from there
ReplyDeleteI mean you barely hear his English when he talks
PhD awarded to an unlearned president. How does that sound? Nigerian education system keeps derailing everyday. God help Nigeria.
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ReplyDeletewhy did INEC allow this man without confirmable educational qualification to run for president...tomorrow some dull people will start saying there is rule of law in nigeria...
ReplyDeletewhy did INEC allow this man without confirmable educational qualification to run for president...tomorrow some dull people will start saying there is rule of law in nigeria...
ReplyDeleteAny society without norms and taboos is doomed. This man doesn't have a school certificate and you are awarding him an honorary doctorate degree, what a travesty of decency. Shameless country, shameless people.
ReplyDeleteIt is only in Hausa institutions that he can get such honour. Cheap award. APC is becoming a shame to Nigeria. This is the change they promised abi???
ReplyDeleteAlhaji(DR)(Prof*)Mohammad Buhari...I cannot laugh oh. Now, "Change" is manifesting day by day, especially now that $1 is #260.Well, as events are unfolding, we are watching.
ReplyDeletethe most insulted President Nigeria ever had. there is God ooo
ReplyDeleteGrace shut up! what is the insult? or are you like him that dont understand english?
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