Babcock University in Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, has produced 82 first class graduates out of the 2, 079 students who finished from various faculties in the institution.
A further breakdown of the graduating students showed that 1, 660 were from undergraduate level while 419 were postgraduate.
The best graduating student was Okunola Teslimat Temitayo with a CGPA of 4.91 from the department of Mass Communication while the overall best postgraduate in the PhD was Olomojobi Femi (PhD) with a CGPA of 4.81 on a scale of 5.
In another category, Amarachukwu Peace from Public Health department was declared the overall best Master’s degree graduate with a CGPA of 4.77 on a scale of 5.
Speaking at the 19th undergraduate and 10th postgraduate Virtual Convocation ceremony, which took place on Sunday, President/Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ademola Tayo described the ceremony as a defining moment in the life of the university.
Tayo noted that despite the enormous disruption occasioned by Covid-19, the University had adopted a phased resumption to push through the session.
He congratulated the students and the teeming university community for their immense contribution to the achievements recorded by the institution.
The VC said the University would continue to pursue the path of excellence with passion and spirituality, urging the graduates not to keep their eyes on the things that were transient but on those wholesome values and virtues that they derived from the institution.
“You are the solutions. Unleash your ingenuity and the knowledge you have acquired here in the world and make it a better place.”
The Vice-Chancellor added that the university’s academic programmes were fully accredited by the National Universities Commission, (NUC), the International Board of Education (IBE) and the Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA).
