By Naphtali Peter Adala, Deborah Adeyinka and Jonathan Andy Bulus
The Department of Science and Laboratory Technology conducted its 3rd induction and oath taking ceremony for a graduating set of 98 students on the 18th of October 2017.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sebastian Seddi Maimako, was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration Professor Theresa Mmadu who admonished the inductees to continue to strive for excellence as a goal, maintaining that there was no wrong way to do the right thing.
The Director-General (DG) Nigerian Institute of Science and Laboratory Technology, Yemi Gbadegesin, administered the oath of office to the 98 inductees and encouraged them to be ‘transparent with their clients and be responsible’. He also stated that they should be ‘objective and avoid sentiments from clouding their judgements’.
High points of the event were the presenting of awards to the two First Class students of the department, Scientist Michael Ajana Onikansanmi who graduated with a CGPA of 4.75 and Scientist Adeku Ojo who graduated with a CGPA of 4.54.
Scientist Michael in an interview with UniJos Echo Online expressed his joy and said passion was what helped him achieve his success.
He also stated that if offered a job in the university, he’ll accept it because one of his dreams is to become one of the most respected professors of Science and Laboratory Technology in the world.
Although the Induction is the third for the department, this was the first fully-funded induction program as approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC), since the department’s accreditation in 2010.
According to one of the graduands, the first and second inductees were like diploma students as the programme was not approved by the NUC and the calendar was different from that of the school. He, however, stated that he was proud to be part of the third set to be graduating with the NUC approval, saying that it was like a dream come true because of speculations that they might not be a part of the mandatory national youth service since the programme wasn’t accredited.
