Anchor varsity matriculates 742 students

Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos, on Friday, matriculated no fewer than 742 students across disciplines for the 2025\2026 academic session.

The new students comprised 721 undergraduates and 21 postgraduates.

Speaking at the matriculation ceremony, 10th edition, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Samuel Ayo Bandele encouraged the students to give due attention to their studies and other legitimate activities and also be of good behaviour even beyond school environment.

He said they made a good decision to further their education at Anchor University as the university “is a community founded on godly values, moral discipline and academic excellence.”

Using “Rasing godly new generation graduates in a faith-based university in Nigeria” as the theme of the event, the vice chancellor congratulated the students on their admission and urged them to be focused, committed and totally dedicated to their studies and other lawful engagements as students of the institution.

He explained that the university has all it takes in terms of competent and God-fearing personnel, good facilities and conducive environment to train and equip them with the right knowledge, skills and good character that will make them responsible and fit-for-purpose graduates irrespective of their disciplines.

He said as young adults they would enjoy freedom but with restraints as there are rules and regulations to guide their conduct as members of the university community.

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He also urged them to set goals for themselves and pursue those goals to accomplishment.

He said the road to the top in life is always rough and requires great sacrifice and efforts to climb and that the students should patiently run the race with the fear of God to win the crown.

Furthermore, Prof Bandele, a former vice chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, equally cautioned the students to shun all forms of unruly activities and behaviours such as fighting, drug abuse, cultism, hooliganism, examination malpractice, indecent dressing and so forth.
While declaring that the university maintains zero tolerance for vices, he emphasised that any student who contravenes rules and regulations of the school will be duly sanctioned including expulsion if necessary.
According to him, Anchor University is a faith-based institution, and we must not deviate from the principle of holiness and righteousness being preached by our proprietor, Deeper Life Bible Church and our Chancellor, Pastor W.F. Kumuyi.

“And that is why you are expected to pursue excellence all around by attending every fellowship and spiritual gathering expected of you, being punctual in class, at meetings and also respecting constituted authorities and the elders,” he stressed.

According to him, society is full of bad behaviour including illicit affairs among youths and our church, Deeper Life Bible Church is known globally as where righteousness and holiness are being preached and so, we don’t need to pretend not to preach the same message even as a school.

The VC stated, “We all need to jointly raise well-behaved and Godly fearing children that will be problem solvers and not problem givers to the society.

He urged parents and guardians not to lag in their responsibilities but to support the university authority to train their children to become relevant to themselves and society even before graduation.