The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) will graduate about 7,000 students during the 4th convocation ceremony of the institution scheduled to hold on Saturday, 17th January, 2015 in Lagos.
This was contained in a statement signed by the institution’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Ronke Ogunmakin, which said that the convocation lecture on “Open and Distance Learning and Democratic Transformation in Nigeria’’ will be delivered by Prof. Rufai Alkali, the Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs.
According to the statement, the ceremony will be chaired by Prof. Godswill Obioma, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC).
It said the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Vincent Tenebe, had in the last three years, consistently maintained and institutionalise every second week of January for its convocation ceremonies.

Source: http://campusportalng.com/noun/noun-graduate-7000-students-convocation/26058/

Good day all

does anyone know how long the convocation will last?

I'm collecting my mba that day (17th january), and I've booked a 7.45pm flight back to abuja that evening. hope i won't miss my flight.

Mustafa