NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA
ORIENTATION CEREMONY OF NEW STUDENTS
Today, being 14th of
December 2016, Nnamdi Azikiwe University held
the orientation ceremony of new students as in fresher. The hall was
filled to capacity, with thousands of students, well over 5000 students I
guess… The occasion was attended by the honorable vice chancellor with due
respect, the registrar, the bursar and so many others.. at the beginning of the
occasion, the vice chancellor asked if any of us students were from awka, it
took minutes before a young handsome guy took the bold step forward and he was
appreciated enormously.
Everybody was happy, with
gleaming expectant faces, without doubt that unizik wasn’t going to disappoint
them. After sometime the chief security officer walked in, and he wasn’t really
greeted quite warmly. Oh! I forgot to mention that we were forced to learn the
unizik anthem, which was quite dumb, as the song was a bit boring… kidding… lol, the song was quite interesting and easy
to learn.
The music department led us into
the song, with great beautiful voices, and then a fresher was called to
continue, alas! We were shocked as it wasn’t quite as we expected as she almost
killed us, lol.
The vice chancellor also
addressed us, talked about a few things, warned us about the admission process
and told us to report ourselves if we paid money to be admitted.. who does that… well, he made some other boring points, and
people clapped without reason, admist making funny animal noises
The funny thing is, the time for
the occasion was set at 10am, but it was actually started by 1pm, imagine! We
even had to wait uncomfortably under the heat before the power was put on, as
we do not have constant electricity in Nigeria. Which is quite a disadvantage
as students.
We had working fans quite
alright, but we were still very uncomfortable as we were very many, and the
school was lacking an airconditioner.
Lest I forget, incase you are
itching to learn the unizik beautiful anthem, below is the anthem
Hail unizik
Pride
of the state and our nation
Fountain
of knowledge and of wisdom
Source
of our hope and confidence
Where
wisdom through education we gain
With
reverence, we honour you
REFRAIN
REFRAIN
Our
unizik our unizik
Here
we learn
Discipline,
self reliance and excellence
Great
unizik
We do
hail you
We do
hail you
Hail unizik
Seat
of science and centre for arts
Where
knowledge in abundance flows
Your
name and virtue with pride we upload
For
through this varsity, our intellect blossoms
With
reverence, we honour you
The vice
chancellor also talked about malpractices,suspension, rustication… and the
conscequences of our actions, he also talked about attendance, and that we must
attend lectures for like 75%, before being able to write the examination, also advised us to always attend lectures and
be serious in our studies.
He talked
about cultism, and warned us to keep our eyes open before joining any
association and group, and that all secret cults have being banned in all
universities in Nigeria and that students should desist from cultism.
He also talked
about the upgraded computer systems and server, which I quite doubt, as we
still have problems and complications till now….
Not quite
long, everything became boring, as we were starving, and obviously
uncomfortable, and for real, we were venting at the vice chancellor…in our
minds… for not doing his job and here he was, promising us heaven and earth.
He also talked
about a special book called General
academic regulation, which is free and said it was going to be our guide
and like a school bible to ensure we do the necessary things well.
I have to remind you that the orientation is a three day occassion and will take place tomorrow too being 15th of december 2016 and 16th of december 2016 on friday.
congrats on your admission anyway, bye.
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