The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State, on Monday announced a list of Nigerians to be conferred with honorary doctorate degrees at the institution’s convocation ceremony scheduled to hold between March 9 and March 13, NAN reports.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Charles Esimone, disclosed this on Monday that the newly deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II will be among the recipients.
Also on the list is the Chairman of INNOSON Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, amongst others.
Esimone explained that the selected personalities would be conferred with honorary doctorate degrees for their contributions to education and society.
Esimone said a total of 2, 821persons would receive post-graduate honours including 339 doctorate degrees while 6,750 would be awarded their degrees at the ceremony.