KAMPALA: NTV news anchor media personality Faridah Nakazibwe, has been confirmed as the latest ambassador of Victoria University Kampala, days after sharing her class experience at the same University.
Word from those familiar with the deal say that Faridah is back to class to polish her mathematics skills.
According to the university website, Campus Bee, despite Faridah’s skillset in news anchoring, her mathematics can do far much better and this her friends can attest to.
Ambassadorial roles at Victoria University often come with educational offers as the ambassadors are given chance to get back to class and study a subject of their choice. Faridah Nakazibwe opted for Mathematics.
In a tweet, Faridah confessed that her matter evaporated at the sight of a test that had been given towards the end of her qualitative methods class.
“All those close to me can know how calculations and I don’t rhyme but Dr Sezi made Quantitative methods and Decision-making Techniques seem like my favorite primary lessons (English). Problem is when he later gave a test, matter evaporated,” Faridah confessed.
So far, the 37-year-old NTV news anchor seems to be adjusting well to university and the go back to school experience according to a Tweet posted on April 2, 2022. “Am here multi-tasking, watching the United game and also attending an online lecture as I prepare pilao?.”
Faridah Nakazibwe, an alumnus of IUIU, was recently announced as Victoria University’s brand ambassador, joining the long list of celebrities that have taken up the duty so far.
Nakazibwe was appointed Head of News at NTV Uganda, effective March 31, 2021 replacing Josephine Karungi, who took up a job with the World Bank, as communications consultant.