{"id":90227,"date":"2024-06-09T20:42:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T20:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=90227"},"modified":"2024-06-09T20:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T20:49:11","slug":"veritas-university-does-it-again-wins-commonwealth-laurel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=90227","title":{"rendered":"Veritas University does it again: Wins Commonwealth laurel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">VERITAS UNIVERSITY WINS COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">(The Veritas University, Bwari-Abuja is excited it) has emerged victorious at the maiden edition of the Commonwealth Universities Debating Championship held in Kigali, Rwanda.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90229\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90229\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/download-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">In a statement issued in Abuja by the Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications of the University, Ben. Agande, the university noted that the victory of the Veritas team to the championship is coming on the heels of several international laurels won by the University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">In February, 2024, Veritas University emerged Victorious in the African Telecommunications Union Digital Innovation Challenge in Nairobi, Kenya. The victory came with a price money of Twenty Thousand Dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Similarly, in December 2022, Veritas University won the Pan-African Universities Debate Championship held in Nairobi, Kenya, defeating over 100 other African Universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Reacting to the recent development, the Vice Chancellor of Veritas University, Rev. Fr. Professor Hyacinth Ichoku noted that \u201cwith this victory, it is clear that our victories in the other international competitions were not flukes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u201cWhat this means is that we are on the right track in our commitment to giving our students holistic education that will combine discipline, academic excellence, robust interpersonal skills development and the confidence to stand on the world stage to defend their knowledge. We are thrilled by this and it will certainly serve as an elixir for us to consolidate on what we have been doing and to do more. I thank the students that represented us at the world stage. It is a thing of pride for not just Veritas University but also for our country, Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u201cAs we celebrate this remarkable achievement, we keenly look forward to the pursuit of excellence in the field of research and other academic endeavours. The university remains committed to nurturing talent, fostering critical thinking skills and providing platforms for students to excel both inside and outside the classroom\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">According to a statement by the Commonwealth secretariat, \u201cthe Commonwealth Universities\u2019 Debating Championship (CUDC) is a flagship program initiated by Aspire Debate Rwanda in partnership with the University of Rwanda with strong support from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Rwanda as the leading line Ministry in preparation of this championship. The post-Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) engagement CUDC activities seek to bring youth, specifically university students from Commonwealth member countries together to discuss and share ideas, information and knowledge on the recommendations of the previous Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u201cIn addition, the championship aims to be an annual post-CHOGM event program that will go further to be a Launchpad in establishing good interpersonal relationships amongst participating students, creating a formidable platform for culture exchange, awareness on global, regional and national challenges among university students from all the 56 member countries in an engaging way that encourages even participation. Thus, shaping a Commonwealth youth as a global citizen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u201cThe program also intends to encourage young people to have a deep involvement in policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation as a prerequisite to intensely hold their leaders accountable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u25cf By Ben Agande, Head, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Veritas University, Bwari-Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VERITAS UNIVERSITY WINS COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIP. (The Veritas University, Bwari-Abuja is excited it) has emerged victorious at the maiden edition of the Commonwealth Universities Debating Championship held in Kigali, Rwanda.\u00a0\u00a0 In a statement issued in Abuja by the Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications of the University, Ben. Agande, the university noted that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":90229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5783,7],"tags":[67,257,6683],"class_list":["post-90227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-news","tag-commonwealth","tag-education","tag-prize"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}