The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Awka, Anambra State, has said that, after several elusive attempts, the university has finally scheduled its 20th and 21st combined convocation ceremonies to coincide with the birthday of its founding father and former president of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ugochukwu Bond Anyaehie, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing at the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Awka, saying that during the exercise, which is scheduled to hold from November 15 to 20, 2026, the institution would graduate 16,842 students.
Anyaehie used the opportunity to also outline the institution’s academic, administrative, technological and infrastructural achievements.
He said: “It has been our dream to align the convocation of this university with the birthday of the great Zik of Africa, so that the Zik lecture series will hold then. Today we have been able to achieve it.”
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Anyaehie said the timing for the combined 20th and 21st convocation of the university was timely, especially as it marks the first anniversary of his tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the university and his birthday, which he shares with Dr Azikiwe.
According to Anyaehie, the graduands comprise 14,803 first-degree recipients and 2,039 postgraduate students from the 2025 and 2026 graduating sets.
Giving a breakdown of the first-degree results, he said 194 students would graduate with First Class Honours, while 4,230 obtained Second Class Upper Division.
He added that 7,992 students earned Second Class Lower Division, 1,936 obtained Third Class Honours, while 65 graduated with Pass degrees. Another 486 students earned unclassified medical and professional degrees.
For the postgraduate category, the Vice-Chancellor said 603 candidates would be awarded Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, degrees, 29 would receive Master of Philosophy/PhD degrees, 1,113 would graduate with master’s degrees, while 294 obtained postgraduate diplomas.
Anyaehie described the forthcoming convocation as an opportunity to celebrate the university’s growth and showcase the achievements recorded under his administration’s vision of making a greater UNIZIK possible.
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