Professor Olufemi Peters, the vice-chancellor of NOUN, stated this yesterday when briefing the press on the activities planned for the university’s 11th convocation, which will take place on Saturday.

Peters said the school will be graduating 22,250 students at the ceremony, adding, “We have 25 inmates, one graduating in MSc and the remaining twenty-four as undergraduates. All these are sponsored free by the university as our contribution to social equality.”

He further stated that approximately 1,500 NOUN alumni have registered in the Nigeria Law School, stating that all of the institution’s programs, including the law program, have been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC), and that its products are performing well at the Law School.

“We have about 1500 students who are graduates of our institution currently in the law school. We have about the same numbers that are yet to be enrolled in the law school.

“The reason why I said it is a special relationship is that you recall that we had a slightly wonderful relationship with them because they were not sure about the kind of graduates we were producing and the idea now is letting us try them first,” he said.

He addressed why NOUN is not a member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), claiming that the institution’s structure would prevent it from going on strike, unlike other conventional universities.