KADUNA — The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) will graduate 444 cadets of the 73 Regular Course at its 36th convocation, 19 of them with first class degrees. The Provost, Prof. Bolanle Joel Ajibuah, who spoke on behalf of the Commandant, Maj. Gen. Oluyemi Olatoye, said 156 cadets earned second class upper, 222 second class lower and 47 third class. One of the graduating cadets is from Congo Brazzaville. The academy will also graduate more than 3,000 postgraduate students, including 160 PhD holders. Honorary degrees will be conferred on Engr. Adetokunbo Ogundeyin and Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano. The Provost said all programmes are fully accredited and the NDA will host the TETFund Regional Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Cyber Science for the North-West. The convocation ceremony holds on September 24 with Vice-President Kashim Shettima as Special Guest.