The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has said it will hold its 36th Convocation from 15th October, with a plan of barring graduates with degrees below first-class honours from attending the ceremony.
This is contained in a statement issued by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, on Sunday in Ilorin.
Akogun explained that it would be the institution’s 36th Convocation ceremony to be held at the main Auditorium.
According to him, the convocation programme will commence on 15th October, with a special Juma’at service at the University Central Mosque by 1.30 pm.
He said that this would be followed on 17th October, with an Interdenominational Church Service at St. Thomas Aquinas Chaplaincy at the Main Campus by 9.00 am.
Akogun stated that the main events of the ceremony would formally commence on 18th October, with the Vice-Chancellor’s Press Briefing at the University’s Auditorium by 10 am.
“This will be followed on 21st October, by the Convocation Play, entitled ‘Aadoye’ (No secret anywhere – A South African Dance Interpretation) by Steve James, Choreographed by Felix Akinsipe, at the institution’s Performing Arts Theatre at 4 pm and 6 pm, respectively.
“This year’s Convocation Lecture comes up on 22nd October, to be delivered by a distinguished legal luminary, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), entitled: ‘Tertiary Education and the Future of Nigeria’.
“The grand finale comes up on Saturday, 23rd October, with the Convocation for the Award of Prizes, First and Postgraduate Degrees and Diplomas from all the 15 Faculties and the Postgraduate,” he said.
He stated that attendance at the main convocation event on 23rd October would be restricted to only graduands with 1st Class Degree Honours, Prize winners and Doctoral Awardees.
Akokun stressed that “hence, entry into the Main Auditorium will be strictly by invitation cards”.
He noted that the dignitaries expected to grace the event include the Visitor to the University, President Muhammadu Buhari; the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu; and the Chancellor of the University, the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, among others.
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