ESM Benin Varsity convocates new graduands in Cotonou, honours 4 Nigerian, Nigerien nationals
By KEMI KASUMU
The Ecole Superieure De Management (ESM) Benin University, on Saturday December 3, 2022, held its Matriculation/Convocation Ceremony for this year’s edition in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin’s seat of government.
Students, who graduated, included nationals from Federal Republic of Nigeria, Republic of Ghana, Niger Republic, and cut across Microbiology, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Mass Communication, Estate Management, among others.
About 350 successful students graduated from across the quality based faculties and were accordingly awarded as well as presented their degree certificates during the event.
Also, for their contributions to education across the West African sub-region, four nationals, three of who came from Nigeria and one from the Niger Republic, were conferred with honourary doctorate degrees during the colourful and well attended event in the francophone country’s capital on Saturday.
The honourees included a Lagos, Nigeria-based political leader, Aarebirin Princess Folashade Olabanji-Oba; Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria-based Omega Power Ministry’s General Overseer and philanthropist, Apostle Chubuzor Gift Chinyere; a federal lawmaker in Nigeria, Hon. John Audu, and notable contributor to education from Niger Republic, Dr. Ahmadou Tijani.
By national standard, Republic of Benin is widely appreciated for its high premium on all levels of education, while also being generally commended across ECOWAS for its well coordinated and strictly monitored Public Private Participation based higher education.
The General Overseer, Omega Power Ministry, poet Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, has been conferred with honourary doctorate degree, along three other personalities from Nigeria and Niger Republic, by the authorities of Ecole Superieure De Management (ESM) Benin University, Cotonou.
Apostle Chibuzor was honoured, during the Matriculation/Convocation Ceremony of the university, held on Saturday December 3, 2022, for his service to humanity, having recently given complete scholarship to about 550 students to study across various faculties at ESM Benin University among others.
Aside the Omega Power Ministry’s G.O., three other nationals, two of who came from Nigeria and one from the Niger Republic, were equally conferred with honourary doctorate degrees for their contributions to education across the West African sub-region.
They included a Lagos, Nigeria-based political leader, Aarebirin Princess Folashade Olabanji-Oba; Apostle Chubuzor Gift Chinyere; a federal lawmaker in Nigeria, Hon. John Audu, and notable contributor to education from Niger Republic, Dr. Ahmadou Tijani.
Students, who graduated, included nationals from Federal Republic of Nigeria, Republic of Ghana, Niger Republic, and cut across Microbiology, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Mass Communication, Estate Management, among others.
Over 350 successful students graduated from across the quality based faculties and were accordingly awarded as well as presented their degree certificates during the academic event.
Others hoonoured with the omega Power Ministry G.O. for their contributions to education across the West African sub-region during the colourful and well attended event in the francophone country on Saturday, were three nationals two of who came from Nigeria and one from the Niger Republic.
By national standard, Republic of Benin is widely appreciated for its high premium on all levels of education, while also being generally commended across ECOWAS for its well coordinated and strictly monitored Public Private Participation based higher education.
The DEFENDER’s investigation in Cotonou revealed that, against what obtains in Nigeria where National Universities Commission (NUC) accredits universities, the Ministry of Higher Education is charged with same responsibility in the Republic of Benin, among which schools it has accredited so far ESM Benin University is one.
ESM University Registrar, Dr Ovie Godson Igeh, who appreciated the gallantry effort of the awardees, said their honours were based on merit and called on more African corporate bodies and individuals to continue to support education as it is the sole antidote to ignorance and best way of achieving development.
Speaking to the The DEFENDER after the event, Dean of Students’Affairs and Director of Administration, Ecole Superiure De Management, ESM Benin University, Taiwo Ojo, described the institution as a bi-section set up with the main campus being French Section while there is other campus run concurrently and are both located within the Republic of Benin seat of government, Cotonou.
In the meantime, over 550 new students have been matriculated into the 100 level of the university study system with many of them from across West African countries including Nigeria.
Where graduands were clad in red academic gown, the newly matriculated were in blue.
