ABU Nematology Student Club Celebrates Members' Academic Excellence

Ahmadu Bello University's (ABU) Nematology Student Club has celebrated the outstanding academic achievements of its eight pioneer members.

The students, who focused on nematology for their undergraduate research, demonstrated exceptional academic prowess, with five graduating from the Department of Crop Protection and three from the Department of Pest Management, Samaru College of Agriculture.

The five graduates from the Department of Crop Protection, who were among the over 20,000 graduands at the university's recent convocation ceremony, included three First Class Honours recipients: Akhaiyemen Paul Omoh, Ahmad Abdulrahman, and Mathew Grace Unekwuojo. Two others, Ibrahim Hafsat Toure and Medessou Emmanuel Ibukun, achieved Second Class Upper.

The three Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates from the Department of Pest Management, Samaru College of Agriculture, included Ibrahim Fatima, who graduated with Distinction, and Mahmud Abubakar and Abdulroheem Abdullah, who graduated with Upper Credit.

The Nematology Student Club was established at ABU with the support of the Nematology Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (NEMEDUSSA) project, coordinated by Ghent University, Belgium, and funded by the European Union through Erasmus+. The club aims to promote nematology education and research, raising awareness and fostering interest in this critical yet underexplored field.

Dr. Julius Bulus, the club's coordinator and research supervisor, commended the students' remarkable achievements, highlighting the transformative role of the Nematology Student Club in inspiring a new generation of researchers. He expressed gratitude to the NEMEDUSSA consortium, the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, and the staff members in the nematology unit for their dedication to the initiative's success.