More recognitions have continued to come the way of Nigeria’s Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, the latest being his appointment and inaugurated as the Chancellor of Cavendish University, Uganda.
The ex-president who used the social media to announce the new assignment, on Thursday, said he had already performed his first official function in that capacity at the 10th Graduation Ceremony of the University today.
The post was accompanied with a picture in which the former President, who has garnered a lot of international recognition, since willingly accepting defeat in the 2015 preseidential election, an act, believed to be rare in Africa, was decked in academic gown.
According to reports, Jonathan is the third chancellor of the university since its establishment, with former President of the Republic of Zambia, the late Kenneth Kaunda, being the pioneer chancellor, and the late President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa, as the second.
Jonathan posted, “I am pleased to have been formally inaugurated as the Chancellor of Cavendish University Uganda and to have performed my first official function in that capacity at the 10th Graduation Ceremony of the University today in Kampala, Uganda.
“I congratulate the new graduands and urge them to deploy their knowledge towards positively impacting people, building a community of reformers, and improving the society.”