Nigeria: 'We Received Lectures On the Floor to Earn NOUN Certificates'

24 January 2013

Lagos — After spending about seven years to bag various degrees at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), some graduands who participated in the institution's second convocation ceremony shared their experiences with Daily Trust in Lagos.

Peter A. Kuje, 47, smiled as he was being accompanied by Daily Trust reporter, out of the graduation hall. Like the over 7,000 graduands who also participated in the second convocation ceremony of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Lagos, it was a gratifying moment. But beyond the glamour of being addressed as a bachelor's degree holder, Kuje said he was happy his four-year programme which eventually lasted seven years, didn't end in vain.

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