No fewer than 519 graduands bagged first class honours as the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in the Ondo State capital is set to hold its combined 34th and 35th convocation for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions.

The Vice-Chancellor of FUTA, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, disclosed this on Friday, November 22, at a press conference heralding the convocation on November 29 and November 30, 2024, at the university’s campus.

Oladiji said 6,405 students would graduate from the certified 59 academic programmes run by the institution.

She added that 3,408 students had second class (upper division), 2,139 students had second class (lower division), while 339 students got third class from the two academic sessions.

The vice-chancellor said the university would also confer postgraduate diploma, master’s, and doctoral degrees on 960 graduands.

Oladiji disclosed that the two best-graduating students, Faith Faromika and Aanuoluwapo Vitowanu, were recorded in the 2022/2023 academic session with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.96 each.

She said the overall best-graduating student in the 2023/2024 academic session, Joshua Ajakaye, had a CGPA of 4.95.

Oladiji stated that the three overall best students were from the School of Engineering of the university.

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The FUTA VC stated that the university would confer honorary doctoral degrees on the Founder of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Pastor Daniel Olukoya; and Ayorinde Ogunruku and Joel Ogunsola.

She added that the three personalities contributed meaningfully to the standard of education at the university.

Oladiji said one of the highlights of the convocation would be the convocation lecture titled, “Technological Innovation: A Panacea to Food Insecurity”.

The FUTA vice-chancellor revealed that the lecture would be delivered by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.

She further enumerated a series of achievements and feats recorded by the university’s staff and graduates in the country and in the international sphere.

Oladiji said that the institution had been nominated as the best University of Technology in Nigeria for three consecutive times.

The VC added: “‘Our students are trained to be self-reliant and they are employable. We have entrepreneurial skills that our students have to undergo.

“Despite challenges, our collective efforts have paved way for successful milestones recorded as an institution.”

The Star