50 Nigerian Students Graduate with First Class from Linton University College Malaysia

About fifty Nigerians students bagged First Class Honours at the 2015 convocation ceremony of the Linton University College Malaysia in collaboration with University of East London and Coventry University, United Kingdom.

The graduands were among the 253 Nigerians who studied and graduated in various academic disciplines in the institution.

According to statement from the Public Relations Office of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), 30 of the graduands were scholars of the Fund of which 13 of them were among those who made First Class Honours degrees in Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Business Management and Civil Engineering.

The statement issued in Abuja stated that the Acting High Commissioner of Nigeria to Malaysia, Mrs Janet Besseng Odeka said the unprecedented achievement of the Nigerian scholars in a university in Malaysia has contributed in creating a positive image for Nigerians living in the country.

The High Commissioner, who addressed the PTDF scholars at a post convocation meeting in Kuala Lumpur, urged the graduands to go back to Nigeria and contribute to the development of Nigeria particularly under a new regime of transparent leadership.