283 students bag first class at Covenant University

No fewer than 283 students of Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State, have graduated with first class honours in the 2022/2023 academic session.

The Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, made the disclosure at the university’s 18th convocation ceremony in Ota on Friday, September 29, 2023.

Adebayo stated that 1,175 students graduated in the 2022/2023 academic session.

According to him, this comprised 283 students who made first class, 656 second class upper honours, 214 second class lower, 22 third class, and 204 postgraduate students.

A student in the Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Nelson Ifechukwu, emerged as the best-graduating student with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.98.

“The Covenant’s mission is to transform students into experts, thinkers, innovative managers, and resourceful technocrats in all fields of learning, thus restoring relevance to the university context in Africa,” the VC added.

Adebayo said Covenant University was ranked first in Nigeria, first in West Africa, and seventh in Africa by the Times Higher Education World University and Impact Rankings.

He added that Covenant University is the only private university among all Nigerian universities in the 2023 ranking, making it the best private university in Nigeria and Africa.

Also speaking at the event, the Chancellor of Covenant University, Dr David Oyedepo, said there was no amount of foreign interest or support that would be a substitute for Africa’s indigenous engagement in finding solutions to its challenges.

Oyedepo said there was a need for Africa to rediscover “our true identities, because wherever there is liberty, dignity is restored”.

“I have always believed that no solution can be more enduring than home-grown solutions,” he added.

The chancellor stressed the need for Africa not to run away from its challenges but should take responsibility by providing solutions inwardly to the continent’s problems.

Oyedepo added that Covenant University was on a mission to restore the dignity of the black race by providing job creators and not job seekers.

The Star

Segun Ojo