UNIZIK Anthem - Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka
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”.
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