UNIZIK Anthem - Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

UNIZIK Anthem

The overall vision of the University is to produce graduates with some core attributes.

The mission of the University is to use teaching, research, and public service to solve social problems. In the process of learning, students would be oriented to use their education in solving practical problems confronting them in the Nigerian society and beyond.
ln the discharge of its mission, the University shall live up to the ideals of the renowned statesman, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, by making university education pragmatic, and using it to forge unity among the various communities in Nigeria.

It is hoped and expected that when the above vision has been achieved, graduates of the University will be Disciplined in behavior, Excellent in knowledge and Self-Reliant in their chosen careers, in keeping With the Motto of the University; “Discipline, Excellence and Self-Reliance”.

UNIZIK Anthem


Hail! UNIZIK!

Pride of the State and our Nation
Fountain of knowledge and of Wisdom
Source of our Hope and Confidence
Where Freedom through Education we gain
With reverence, we honour you

REFRAIN

Our UNIZIK! Our UNIZIK
Here we learn
Discipline, Self-Reliance and Excellence
Great UNIZIK
We do hail you
We do hail you.

Hail! UNIZIK
Seat of Science and Centre for the Arts
Where knowledge in abundance flows
Your name and virtue, with pride we uphold
For through this varsity, our intellect blossoms
With reverence, we honour you.

THE PLEDGE

Before God and humanity, I solemnly pledge
The love and loyalty of my heart to you,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, my alma mater,
To uphold and defend your honour and,
By my living, to cherish and depict your ideals wherever I go, wherever I stand.
Forever, in loyalty and faith,
I pledge the wisdom and courage of my mind
To dedicate myself to that noble search
For which my alma mater stands,
O, imbibe discipline, to seek self-reliance
And to uphold excellence in word and character.
I promise to cherish and abide by that spirit of hard work
For which Nnamdi Azikiwe University is known,
To stand up for justice, peace, diligence and service to humanity,
So that Nnamdi Azikiwe University, by God‘s grace,
Shall increase in Wisdom and prosperity,
As she plays her part in the advancement of knowledge,
For the overall success of the human race.

Composed by Prof D. C. C. Agu