Varsity employs seven first class graduates

Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State has offered employment to seven of its 309 graduates in the 2015/2016 academic session.
The seven made first class.
Prof. Alhassan Gani disclosed this during the second convocation ceremony in Kashere, Akko Local Government Area on Saturday.
Gani said among the seven offered jobs was a female from the Department of Mathematics, who was the best overall.
Apart from first class graduates, 114 made second class upper, 144 second class lower, 43 third class. One person however made an ordinary pass.
Gani said: “In keeping with our tradition of giving automatic employment to our first class graduates, let me assure the seven first class graduates of employment after completing their National Youth Service Corps.”
He said the 309 graduates came from three faculties.
The Faculty of Agriculture, which commenced a five-year academic programme in 2013, will graduate its students this year.
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo congratulated the students and wished them well in their future careers.
Dankwambo, who was represented by his deputy, now the acting Governor, Charles Iliya, called on the university management to introduce additional courses to give the teeming youth opportunities.
Iliya gave the assurance that the state government would continue to support the university within the limits of its resources.
President Muhammadu Buhari, the visitor, was represented by the Director, National Universities Commission, Dr. Rukayyatu Abdulkarim.
Buhari urged the graduands to apply the knowledge acquired for their future success.
He commended Gombe State for handing over the Agricultural Institute to the university.