By Jimitota Onoyume

PORT HARCOURT— University of Port Harcourt is  to honour former President Goodluck Jonathan as a distinguished fellow of the university at its 30th convocation ceremony slated for Saturday.

Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Joseph Ajienka, who made this known to newsmen yesterday in Port Harcourt, said 40 students bagged first class honours, adding that 10 of them were from the faculty of humanities.

“Former President Jonathan will be the first to be honoured and we are proud that he took all his degrees from Unique UNIPORT.

“This rare fellowship is being conferred on the former President in recognition of his exemplary leadership of the country and contributions to the development of his alma mater,” he said.

He said other faculties that produced first class honours were Social Sciences, Education, College of Engineering, College of Natural and Applied sciences, management, agriculture and school of Science Laboratory.

“A further breakdown of the figure shows that in the undergraduate category, 41 graduands earned the First Class (Honours) Degree of the university. Out of this number, 10 are from the Faculty of Humanities,” he said.