AMNESTY DELEGATES MAKE HISTORY AGAIN; BAG 12 1st CLASS, 20 2ndCLASS UPPER AND 4 BEST GRADUATING STUDENTS AT BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY

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AMNESTY DELEGATES MAKE HISTORY AGAIN; BAG 12 1st CLASS, 20 2ndCLASS UPPER AND 4 BEST GRADUATING STUDENTS AT BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY


The Presidential Amnesty Programme recorded another milestone in its educational empowerment programme at the Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo state, when 12 of its delegates bagged First Class Honours Degrees, 20 Second Class Upper Division, 29 Second Class Lower Division with 4 of the First Class delegates coming out as best graduating students at the 13th Convocation Ceremony of the university over the weekend.

 Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) who described the development as heartwarming, maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari”s decision of sustaining the Amnesty Programme speaks volumes of his sincere commitment to peace, stability and rapid socio-economic development in the region, saying that education is the best tool for national unity.

 According to the Amnesty boss, “People who are educated are better informed and can differentiate from what is right and what is wrong. Their minds work in somewhat similar ways. Educated people are united by the sense of right and wrong”. And since they are aware of the situation in their environment, they can be relied upon. 
Adding that education helps in building dreams, pointing out that when the youths in the Niger Delta achieve their dreams through proper education, they will have the sense of fulfillment in life.

 Gen. Boroh urged authorities of institutions where Amnesty delegates have broken academic records through their high performance to find ways of absorbing such high flying delegates, reiterating that the Amnesty educational empowerment programme has given hope to youths in the region, and for them not to allow anyone to shortchange and mortgage their lives, or truncate their future by inciting them to behave in uncivilized matter. 

 Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of Benson Idahosa university, Prof. Ernest B Izevbigie said the university has distinguished itself as a storehouse of knowledge to be used for benefit of mankind on Christian ethical principles designed to change the nation and the continent by changing one student’s life at a time.
 He noted that the university was committed to the mission of raising leaders for the nation, who are complete in spirit, mind and body, thus contributing to the production of high-level leadership and quality manpower for the nation and the world. 

 A total of 59 Amnesty delegates graduated in different fields at the 13thConvocation.

The best Amnesty 1st Class delegates who made the list of best graduating students include, Mr. Bolei Gideon, (Department of Agronomy and Environmental Management), Mr. Azebi Oyeikurokaemo Marcodinho, (Geopphysics), Miss Febaide Mabel Ebiere, (Banking and Finance) and Miss Guwor Egbedetimi Williams (Sociology and Anthropology). To say the least , the Nation is proud of these future leaders of the Niger Delta. 









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