Two Valedictorians at 23rd Convocation
Ndah Renata Angwi of the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and Majoh Kuetche Christelle Flora of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology have both emerged as best graduating students of the University of Buea at the 2019 convocation. Both students graduated with a GPA of 3.82 on a scale of 4.
The graduation ceremony which took place at the Herbert Nganjo Endeley Amphitheatre for the University of Buea on Friday, 13th of December 2019, saw the conferring of 46 PhDs, the award of 442 Master’s degrees and over 2500 undergraduate degrees spread across 10 establishments.
In his remarks, the Pro-Chancellor of the University, Professor Ako Edward Oben, personal representative of the Minister of State, Minister of Higher Education, congratulated the graduates on their brilliant success despite the upheavals in this part of the country and called on them to be worthy ambassadors of the institution and use the knowledge and wisdom acquired from UB to transform the world and create an impact where ever they find themselves.
On his part, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ngomo Horace Manga expounded on the professional nature and quality of training in UB which is geared at producing job creators and not job seekers. He appreciated the efforts of the lecturers and non-teaching staff who despite the security concerns, could brave the odds to make sure that the academic year went smoothly.
In his discourse, which attracted a standing ovation, the guest speaker, Professor Samuel Kale Ewusi dwelled on the theme “Weaving Peace for African Youths Elements for Building Blocks for Peace.” The peace crusader from the United Nations University of Peace, Addis Ababa – Ethiopia, called on the graduates to be responsible citizens and play their role in weaving peace for the nation, in order to ensure economic growth. According to the professor, if you burn schools and prevent kids from going to school, you are an idiot. He encouraged the graduates to strife for peace and shun vices which do not contribute anything to nation building.
The convocation was attended by the cream of the Region, punctuated by the melodious voices of the University of Buea choir and graced by the Chaplains of the University with an inter-religious service.
