The Nigerian Turkish Nile University (NTNU) has graduated 11 with First Class honours for the 2015/2016 academic year.
Registrar of NTNU Ismail Asan, said this at the institution’s fourth convocation in Abuja.
He said of 124 that graduated, 68 got Second Class Upper degrees, 41 Second Class Lower degrees, while five students had Third Class degrees.
The best graduating student for the academic year, Udeme Eno-Nta, of the Department of Computer Science, grossed a 4.91 CGPA. Aneesa Salah, of the Department of Electrical and Electronics was the second-best graduating student with a CGPA of 4.87, while Olabanji Opeyemi of Computer Science Department made 4.83 CGPA.
“The turnover of graduates from the university has justified our vision and mission statement of producing quality graduates, who shall be full of knowledge, skills, and experience to contribute to technological and economic development,” the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sert Husenyi, said.
The NTNU, which has received full accreditation from the Nigerian University Commission, has positioned itself as an excellent alternative to studying abroad.
“We have outstanding teaching across the board, and we also support Nigerian home values. We encourage the elite to send their children to our school instead of abroad where they come back with strange ways,” Prof. Husenyi added.
According to the Director of Academic Planning, Prof. Saleh Abdulla, the NTNU has six faculties and 15 departments, with the departments of Public Administration and Mass Communication due to open in the next academic session. The university also has a Postgraduate School, with seven departments and 11 courses on offer.