FOUNDER of the Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Prince Bola Ajibola, on Saturday announced that as soon as the necessary paperwork is completed, the best graduating student of the institution in the 2017/2018 academic session, Miss Ayokunnumi Tiamiyu, would be offered employment.
The former Judge of the World Court made the announcement while speaking at the 10th convocation ceremony of the faith-based university.
Miss Tiamiyu who graduated with 4.94 CGPA in Microbiology (the best in the university since its inception) had been a beneficiary of Prince Ajibola’s scholarship since her 300 Level.
Judge Ajibola told a stirring story of how Ayokunnumi, who was then a First Class student, almost dropped out of her course due to a family feud that threatened her source of fund; and how she was offered a lifeline through scholarship for the final two years of her tuition.
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A total of 424 graduated from Colleges of Law (BACOLAW), Information and Communication Technology (CICOT), Natural and Applied Sciences (CONAS), Environmental Sciences (COES) as well as Arts, Social and Management Sciences (CASMAS).
Ajibola enthused in his speech that “the atmosphere of learning and quality of faculty has continued to ensure that our products compete with the best available anywhere in the world.”
He thanked the alumni association and parents’ forum for “working with us as partners in progress.”
He also expressed delight that products of the university had been doing well in employment, entrepreneurship and further studies all over the world.
Speaking on the invitation of Judge Ajibola to motivate the graduating students, a first-class alumnus, Rafiat Raji, emphasised that she had been able to demystify what she referred to as delusion among her friends and colleagues who looked down on graduates from private universities by her outstanding performances in her Master’s degree at Robert Gordon University, Scotland, as well as in her corporate life.
Earlier, the vice chancellor, Professor Ibraheem Gbajabiamila, had announced that 30 students graduated with First Class honours; 171 with Second Class (upper division), 156 with Second Class (lower division) while 67 finished with Third Class honours.
The university also graduated 17 students with Master’s degree from the departments of Accounting, Mass Communication, Economics, Chemical Sciences, Banking and Finance.
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