Address to the 2005 Graduating Medical Students

AN ADDRESS BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR, PROFESSOR NIMI BRIGGS TO THE GRADUATING MEDICAL STUDENTS CLASS OF 2005, JANUARY 31ST, 2005 Like your parent university, your set is unique in many ways, not least by the fact that your stay in the university and its medical school have coincided with a period when many positive changes have […]

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Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow – Address at the 25 Years Anniversary and 20th Convocation Ceremony

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS AND 20TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY. THE UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT — YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW SATURDAY, 13TH DECEMBER 2003 It is with tremendous pleasure that I welcome you all to Silver Jubilee Anniversary Celebrations and the 20th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Port Harcourt. Between 1975 and 1977, the then Federal […]

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Address at the 19th Convocation Ceremony of University of Port Harcourt

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S ADDRESS AT THE 19TH CONVOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT ON SATURDAY, 14TH DECEMBER, 2002 The Visitor and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR, Represented here by Ambassador Godfrey Perewari, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education. The Executive Governor of Rivers State His Excellency, Dr Peter […]

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Address at the 18th Convocation Ceremony, University of Port Harcourt

ADDRESS BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR, PROFESSOR NIMI D. BRIGGS AT THE 18TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT ON SATURDAY, 17TH MARCH, 2001 The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR, who is also the Visitor to this University, who is represented by Professor Babalola Borishade, […]

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