NHEF Scholars Spotlight – Al-Amin Bugaje (NHEF Scholar ’16)

Al-Amin Bugaje’s (NHEF Scholar ’16) graduation day.

Al-Amin Bugaje (NHEF Scholar ’16) emerged as best student at Ahmadu Bello University with a GPA of 4.93 for the 2016/2017 session. He graduated from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering with the highest ever recorded GPA the school has every recorded in the school’ s 55-year of existence. During the convocation ceremony, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Kacalla-Baru, awarded Al-Amin a full scholarship to pursue his doctorate degree.

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