{"id":197920,"date":"2026-03-28T20:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:29:20","slug":"gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates","title":{"rendered":"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has directed that all first-class graduates from the 30th, 31st and 32nd combined Convocation of Abia State University Uturu should be employed as Graduate Assistants after completing their National Youth Service.<\/p>\n<p>Otti who was speaking at the Convocation program on Friday, said that any student from every department that scored up to CGPA of 4.25 should also be employed as a Graduate Assistant.<\/p>\n<p>He announced that all 69 First- Class graduates from the institution will be awarded postgraduate scholarship from Masters to Ph.D level in any public university in Nigeria, if they accept the lecturing jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Otti directed that a total of 100 exceptional graduates from the combined convocation would be employed into the Abia State civil service.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, the Vice Chancellor of Abia State University Uturu, Professor Ndukwe Okeudo thanked the administration of Governor Otti for restoring power supply to the institution after more than a decade, and for other projects he executed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has directed that all first-class graduates from the 30th, 31st and 32nd combined Convocation of Abia State University Uturu should be employed as Graduate Assistants after completing their National Youth Service. Otti who was speaking at the Convocation program on Friday, said that any student from every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has directed that all first-class graduates from the 30th, 31st and 32nd combined Convoca ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has directed that all first-class graduates from the 30th, 31st and 32nd combined Convoca ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-28T19:19:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-28T20:29:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-28T19:19:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-28T20:29:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates\"},\"wordCount\":180,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates\",\"name\":\"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-28T19:19:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-28T20:29:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has directed that all first-class graduates from the 30th, 31st and 32nd combined Convoca ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":480,\"caption\":\"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates - Nigeria","description":"Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has directed that all first-class graduates from the 30th, 31st and 32nd combined Convoca ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates","og_description":"Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has directed that all first-class graduates from the 30th, 31st and 32nd combined Convoca ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2026-03-28T19:19:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-28T20:29:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates","datePublished":"2026-03-28T19:19:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-28T20:29:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates"},"wordCount":180,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates","name":"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-28T19:19:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-28T20:29:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has directed that all first-class graduates from the 30th, 31st and 32nd combined Convoca ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774729693.673227.jpg","width":720,"height":480,"caption":"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-otti-directs-employment-of-first-class-graduates#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gov Otti Directs Employment of First Class Graduates"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197928,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197920\/revisions\/197928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}