By Editor
No fewer than 91 successful students of the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU) would be graduating with first class honours during the 28th convocation ceremony of the institution slated to begin from Monday 25h, March to Thursday 4th, April, 2024.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Edward Olanipekun, who disclosed this at a press conference on Monday, heralding the ceremony said the graduants of 2023-2024 sets, were among the 10,515 graduants to be awarded various degrees of the university.
He explained that a total of 3,262 will be graduating with second class upper division, while 6,411will also be graduating with second class lower division.
The University helmsman who outlined the list of graduating students, said a total of 73 would earn Doctorate, Masters 81, while only one person will be graduating in Post graduate diploma during the convocation.
Olanipekun, a Professor Industrial Chemistry, explained that seventy out of eighty-nine regular academic programmes offered by the University have full accreditation by the National University Commission (NUC), while eight programme have interim accreditation.
The University helmsman disclosed that all professional programmes offered by the institution have full accreditation by the professional bodies. While acknowledging the contributions of the present and immediate past administrations in the State over the success and other achievements recorded by the institution.
Ọlanipekun particularly thanked the governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji for providing what he called enabling environment for the institution to strive in all areas of development including academic activities.
While stating that the university has become one of the most sought after in the country, noted that! research and development had continued to receive a great boost in the University in the last few years.
Speaking further on the conversation ceremony, Professor Olanipekun said as part of the activities the university four distinguished personalities will ne confered with honourary doctorate degree, he mentioned their names to include, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, former Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo.
Others mentioned by him are a former Minister for Health, Prince Julius Adeluyi and a business mongol, Princess Folorunsho Alakija.
The Vice-chancellor used the period of the occasion to mentioned some of the success and achievements recorded by the institution in the last few years ti include accreditation and approval of various academic programmes, infrastructural development, healthcare development center, Information Communications Center among others.
On challenges face by members of the Alumni of the institution before obtaining their transcripts, Prof Olanipekun said the management of the institution have put in place a mechanism for online processing and delivery of transcripts to any global destination within 72 hours of request.
He assured that eligible graduants will be collecting their certificate two days after their graduating ceremony, while all the backlog of transcript request has been cleared.