Canadian university produces 9 graduates for law programme – and they’re ALL Nigerians

As Nigerian university students remain at home as a result of the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a Canadian university has boasted of producing an all-Nigerian Masters of Law students in its latest graduation ceremony.

A Dean at the University of Calgary (UCalgary) in Alberta, Canada, Ian Holloway, disclosed that nine Nigerians have bagged the university’s master of laws (LL.M.)

He announced the feat in a post via his Twitter page. Holloway also lauded the fact that all the LL.M. graduands are Nigerians.

His Tweet read: “This is cool. We have 9 students graduating with their LLMs today. All are Nigerian! ?@ProfXtian @NigeriaGov.”

The Nigerians include Oluchi Jennifer Chijioke, Ola Eke-Okoro, Maryam Wuraola Lawal, Toritsemofe Alexandra Mene, and Emmanuella Uche Odum.

Others are Ifedayo Isaac Olanipekun, Ifeoluwa Tolulope Osunfisan, Olaitan Adeniyi Oyekunle, and Olushegun Olayinka Tokode.

The University of Calgary is a public research institution. The institution started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta which was founded in 1908.

It became an autonomous university in 1966 after its separation from the University of Alberta.

The institution has 14 faculties offering more than 250 academic programmes including medicine, law, and engineering.

The LL.M. is a postgraduate law degree for students and professionals that seek to gain expertise in a specialised field of law. Although it does not qualify graduates to practise law, it is majorly for those who have obtained a professional degree in law and passed a bar exam or its equivalent.

It is recognised across the world and usually obtained after a two-year full programme.

Many Nigerians have been seeking higher education in other parts of the world as a result of Nigerian universities’ unstable academic calendar among other reasons.