[Adesewa]

Twelve students of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) have bagged first class honours while 5,975 students would be awarded various degree certificates in its forthcoming 6th Convocation ceremony this Saturday in Abuja.
Speaking during a press briefing ceremony last weekend ahead of the NOUN convocation ceremony, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdallah Adamu said the university had 224,000 students out of which 5,975 will be graduating at the event.
Hes said the graduands spread across the eight faculties from the institution.

The NOUN VC said prisoners who want to study at the university would not be charged tuition fee.
“If a prisoner wants to study in noun it is free of charge. We feel while they are there they should not be denied education. But once he or she is out of prison they will pay,” he said.
The VC also disclosed that the law establishing the university was going to be amended to address the contentious issue of its law programme and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) entrance.