AAU VC Adagbonyin, bags alumni prestigious diamond award

AAU VC Adagbonyin, bags alumni prestigious diamond award

By Nefishetu Yakubu

Benin, Dec. 25, 2022 (NAN)The Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo, Worldwide Alumni Association has honoured the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Sonnie Adagbonyin, with its prestigious Diamond Award for the development of the institution.

The honour was bestowed on
Adagbonyin during the 2022 end of year Dinner and Award Night, organised by the Benin branch of the association on Saturday in Benin.

The award, presented to Adagbonyin, was in recognition of his “doggedness, unbeatable records and commitment to the development and repositioning of the institution”.

According to the association, the award is aimed at ensuring collaboration between the vice chancellor and the association and charting a positive direction towards the growth of the university.

In his remarks, President of the association, Chief Fidelis Ogbejele, commended the vice chancellor for all he had done to reposition and restore sanity to the institution.

Ogbejele promise to use the national executive council of the association, under his watch, to work harmoniously with the university and state government to realise the dreams and objectives of the founding father, Prof. Ambrose Alli.

Responding, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sonnie Adagbonyin, congratulated the president of the association and his team for a well deserved victory at the election.

Adagbonyin assured the association of management unflinching support and collaboration in all its activities.

He commended the Benin branch for a well organised event and for finding him worthy of the award.

The Benin Branch Chairman, Mr Friday Ehiorobo, who congratulated the Vice Chancellor on the award, said it was given purely on merit, and thanked him for finding time to come and lead the occasion.(NAN)
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Edited by Idris Abdulrahman