Madonna University celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary on Wednesday, 20th of March and the Chancellor, Emmanuel Edeh, boasted of producing female virgins as graduates.
Edeh, who doubles as a Catholic priest and founder of the University, boasted that a large number of foreigners in search of virgins to marry should come to Madonna University while delivering the speech.
Present at the twenty-fifth anniversary of Madonna University are notable delegates like the deputy speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu; the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; and the Bishop of Ekwlobia Diocese, Cardinal Peter Okpaleke.
Edeh claims the university is the only institution in the world that retains the purity of students. In his words,
“It is only in this university that it is maintained that girls who have entered the university as virgins graduate as virgins. You can join our university as a virgin and graduate as a virgin.
Tell me any other university in the whole world that can maintain this. That is why people from London, America, England, Germany, when you meet them, they will say Father, we want to marry a girl who is a virgin. And they don’t tend to get that until they come to Madonna University.”
The bold claims attracted different kinds of reactions on social media from graduates, alumni, and several others.
The chancellor also mentioned that since the creation of the university in 1999, social vices like cultism, examination malpractices, molestation, and more cannot be attributed to the institution due to intricate monitoring.
“We have 100% residency of our students, which means that we do not allow our students to live in hotels or anywhere else and start coming to the school.
Our 100% boarding system on the university campus enhances effective monitoring, guidance, and counselling, and with all the levels of management to know the students better, for more appropriate guidance.”
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Everything You Should Know About Madonna University
Beyond being the only institution that produces female virgins as graduates, below is everything you should know about the Nigerian private university.
Being the first Catholic university in Nigeria, Madonna University has three different campuses located in the Southern part of Nigeria namely; Elele, Rivers State, Okija, Anambra State and Akpugo, Enugu State.
Offering a first degree in several disciplines, the Okija campus in Anambra state has several faculties ranging from Management and Social Sciences to Arts, Education, and Law.
While the Elele campus in River State houses the faculties of Medicine, Surgery, Nursing, Medical Laboratory, Pharmacology and other medical-related courses, the Akpugo campus in Enugu state on the other hand plays host to the Faculty of Engineering.
Ranking at the ninety-fourth (94th) position in Nigeria, Madonna University has an enrollment range of ten thousand (10,000) to fourteen thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine (14,999) students making it a large-sized institution.
Madonna University, Nigeria is known as the first Catholic University in West Africa to be a member of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU).
As the first private university in Nigeria, Madonna University is also the first private institution to produce licensed Medical Doctors in Nigeria. It’s also the first private university to produce licensed Pharmacists, to send Law graduates to Nigeria Law School.
The private university is the first to operate a student work-study programme: a programme that helps students earn some money by offering some services to the University during ‘their free periods.
Offering a total of thirty-three courses, the Pharmacists Council Of Nigeria (PCN) has inducted 236 fresh pharmacy graduates of Madonna University over the years.
Madonna University has opened its doors to several thousand and has produced a large number of graduates since its inception in 1994.
