The Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) had on Friday November 28th held its matriculation ceremony for the newly admitted students of the 2014/2015 academic session, at the NSUK Convocation Square.
Speaking at the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Muhammad Akaro Mainoma, urged the students to take their studies seriously and also be good ambassadors of their families, communities and the county at large, as they are the lucky 5,044 out of the over 50,000 candidates who chose NSUK as their choices in the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), who got admitted successfully.
He further advised the freshers to utilize the opportunity of being among the successful ones to secure admission into the University. Professor Mainoma admonished the students to shun vices such as drug abuse, prostitution, cultism, among others, so as to achieve their primary aim of being in the university.
The occasion witnessed a large turnout of parents/guardians, relatives, friends, as well as principal officers of the university.
The freshers expressed their joy describing the matriculation as a milestone. Umar Ahmad Isah, a Geography student, said: “it is a wonderful and memorable day. I am very glad to have my friends and family members celebrating this day with me today. I hope that this matriculation should be the starting point of our celebration in NSUK.”
Suleiman Abdullahi, a student of Mass Communication stated that: “First of all, I need to thank God Almighty for keeping me alive and healthy to witness and celebrate this special day with my relatives and friends. I pray that God should strengthen us all through our periods of studies in this university. Amen.”
This year’s matriculation marks the first convocation of NSUK students under the administration of Professor Mainoma as the 3rd substantive Vice-Chancellor of the university.
Written by Ahmad Muhammad Auwal (Final Year Student of Mass Communication, NSUK)
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