Four of the 24
Chibok girls who escaped from Boko Haram in 2014 were among the new students
formally accepted by the American University of Nigeria (AUN), the institution
has said.
Executive Director,
Communications and Public Affairs of the institution, Daniel Okereke, in a
statement in Abuja, said the girls joined other students to take participate in
the AUN’s convocation and pledge ceremony.
Mr. Okereke,
explained in the statement that the 24 girls who escaped from the hands of Boko
Haram had been on AUN’s scholarship studying under a special preparatory
program.
The statement reads:
“Also among the new students were those accepted from assorted applications for
the maiden class of AUN’s new School of Law that kicked off thissemester.The
AUN Law program uniquely offers concentrations in Humanitarian, Gender and
Environmental Laws.
“Others who took
part in the ceremony were university graduates pursuing various postgraduate programs;
among whom were18 winners of the 67 competitive AUN scholarships on offer,
while several intakes were transferring from other universities in Ghana,
Lebanon, Egypt, the United States and some European countries.
“Apart from the
novelty of admitting her first class of law students, the American University
of Nigeria admitted the largest number of undergraduates in a semester in the
past three years, signaling a return to pre-insurgency admission figures, even
as commercial and other activities peak in Yola and other parts of Adamawa
State.”
AUN President,
President Margee Ensign, who addressed the new students at the inside the
Commencement Hall of the institution, explained that the type of education the
new students would receive at AUN would ensure that students become leaders in
their chosen fields.
“This kind of
education will train you to look at problems from varying perspectives.”
President Ensign
reminded them that they are being trained to be the leaders of the continent
who, upon graduation, will be ready to solve the challenges that confront them,
their community, their country, and their continent.
“All universities
identify new problems, come up with new ideas. They discover new truths and
some change society. At AUN, Africa’s first Development University, this is
what we are trying to accomplish.”
“Whether those
problems are poverty, literacy, inequality, injustice, or violence, AUN
students deal with such problems during their time at university, asking
questions about them, and finding solutions that improve the lives of their
fellow human beings.
“We not only provide
you with a different sort of education, we provide you with the intellectual
tools to become the future leaders of Africa,” she said.
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