The Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, a lieutenant-general, felicitated the graduates and urged them to be good ambassadors of the university.
The Nigerian Army University, Biu, conferred first degrees in diverse disciplines on 417 graduates at its maiden convocation on Saturday in Biu, Borno State.
He said the army also sought to achieve social inclusion and gender balance and expand diversity through education. In his address, the university’s Chancellor, the Orodje of Okpe Kingdom in Delta State, Felix Mujakperuo, who is a retired major-general, said siting the university in Biu would continue to bring development to the community.
He also conferred the award of Doctor of Letters to the former Chief of Army Staff and former Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, Tukur Buratai, a retired lieutenant-general.He said 20 of the students got First Class degrees, while 207 bagged Second Class Upper Division and 186 fell in the Second Class Lower Division. Four of the graduates got Third Class degrees.
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