53 graduates bag first class in AAUA

About 5,145 students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) Ondo State, will be awarded various degrees and diplomas at the 10th and 11th Convocation ceremony slated for Saturday, December 11, 2021.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof Olugbenga Ige, who disclosed this, on Monday, during a press conference to herald the convocation ceremony, said: “of these 5,145, 53 made First Class; 1,511 earned Second Class (Upper Division), 2861 bagged Second Class (Lower Division), 667 had Third Class, while 40, are in the Pass category.”

Ige said the University would confer a distinguished Nigerian, Mrs Ibukun Awosika, with Doctor of Business Administration (Honoris Causa) of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, saying the former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria; a business magnet and entrepreneur; a role model and philanthropist’s lifestyle and achievements of the awarded tallied with the institution’s tradition of excellence and integrity.

Speaking on the programmes lined up for the Convocation ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor said “the institution will have a fair on research, development and innovation to showcase the school’s modest contribution to finding solutions to societal issues.

He said the Convocation lecture, titled, “Nature of State, National Ideology and Modelling of Higher Education for Sustaining Development” will hold on Thursday, December 9, 2021, while the lecture will be delivered by a renowned and world-class academic leader, from the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan,
Prof. Francis Oisaghaede Egbokhare.

He said: “On Friday, we shall confer First Degree on graduands in Faculty of Education, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Institute of Education and Institute of Part-Time Programmes.

“The grand-finale comes up on Saturday, December 11 when we shall confer First Degrees on graduands in the Faculties of Agriculture, Arts, Law and Science.

“There will also be conferment of Higher Degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas; Honorary Degree; and Presentation of Prizes.”

However, the Vice-Chancellor disclosed that the institution might weigh the option of conducting staggered examination owing to the outbreak of the Omicron variant of coronavirus when the institution recall students after the short break.

He said this is to ensure proper spacing and prevention of the spread of the virus and said all COVID-19 protocols would be activated when the students resumed from the forced closure of the institution.

He frowned over the destruction of infrastructural facilities in the school by the students during the no-fee no examination protest but assured that all perpetrators of the violent acts would be fished out and punished accordingly.

He said: “I find it difficult to believe the level of destruction carried out by the student. We will fish out the perpetrators. What happened was very unfortunate. It will not happen again.

“Students have been protesting but there was no destruction of properties. Such destruction will not occur again. We are assuring our would-be investors that such action will not occur again.

“The university Senate is working and the report of the investigation will be made public. We are not happy about the destruction in the Senate Building and other parts of the institution. We will take decisive action after the report is out.”

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