Sixty-one will be conferred with First Class Honours Degrees at the 6th and 7th Combined Convocation ceremony of the Federal University, Lokoja, billed to take place on Saturday, October 21, 2023.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi who disclosed this at a pre-convocation press briefing held at the permanent campus of the institution on Monday, said that a total of 2,511 graduands will be conferred with First degrees, 99 – Master Degrees and 128 Postgraduate Diploma
Professor Akinwumi also hinted that in an effort to meet the high demand for professional programmes by citizens of Kogi State, Federal University, Lokoja has commenced the running of new courses in Medicine, Nursing and Engineering.
He said that the College of Health Sciences has taken-off fully while maiden students’ admission exercise into Engineering and Nursing will take place in the 2023/2024 academic session.
According to the Vice Chancellor, “the establishment of these new academic programmes is in line with my vision and agenda to run some professional courses that were not in existence in the Federal University, Lokoja but are of high demand by the citizenry of Kogi State.
“Our desire to run professional courses is equally geared towards solving the problem of admission denial for citizens of Kogi State due to the competitive demand of these programmes”
Professor Akinwumi also hinted that the establishment of programmes like Agriculture, Law, Pharmacy, Psychology and Medical Laboratory Sciences are in the pipeline.
He commended the Federal Government under the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari for approval to convert the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja to Federal Teaching Hospital to be used as Teaching Hospital for the Medical Programmes.
He stated that his administration made a significant impact in the provision of basic infrastructure that facilitated effective teaching and learning in the university, ranging from construction of road networks, administrative and academic buildings to procurement of academic, health and educational facilities.
