In a bid to encourage academic excellence and celebrate hard work, eighteen students of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education were during the fourth Senate meeting honoured for being the best graduating students in their departments. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, at the presentation of the award of Thirty Five Thousand Naira (N35,000) each to the students by their Deans, congratulated the students for their outstanding academic performance and for being role models to other students. He apologized for the delay in presenting the cash reward to them that was made possible by the Monier Construction Company (MCC) Nigeria Limited and hoped that the award would spur them to be committed to greater achievement in future endeavours. Speaking on behalf of the students made up of nine 2013/2014/and nine 2014/2015 sets, Miss Catherine Bornu expressed gratitude to the Vice- Chancellor for the honour done them and promised that they would continue to make the university proud. Some members of Senate stressed the need for the students to be given a written certificates of honour in addition to the cash price. They also suggested that the students should be considered as potential candidates for recruitment into the university as graduate assistants once embargo on employment is lifted to serve as incentive and to build the knowledge economy. The Eighteen students are for 2013/2014 set: 1. Hope Chimezie -Accounting department 2.Bornu Catherine -Guidance and Counselling 3.Madubuike Ebere -Fine and Applied Arts 4. Clifford Brilliance O. -Music 5. Sadiku Adebisi G -Chemistry 6.Onwuebnuche Faithful- Maths/ Statistics 7. Onwukwe Eze King- Physics 8. Aka Portia Rex- Economics 9. Sokari Victor- Political Science For 2014/2015 set we have: 1.Joseph Uche Onowu- Accounting 2.Madonna Wichendu- Guidance & Counselling 3.Roland Okpaka- Fine and Applied Arts 4.Barak Ngerebo- Music 5. Mercy Ifunanya Dike- Chemistry 6.Igongesit Michael Umoh-Maths/Statistics 7.Good luck Eberechukwu Kio- Physics 8.Boma Gloria Branga- Economics 9.Elijah Nwaneka Nwaenyi- Political Science
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