DELSU’s best graduating student bags immediate employment as 4,776 graduate

Delta State University, (DELSU), Abraka at the weekend graduated 4,776 students from the University.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Andy Egwunyenga stated this at the 16th Convocation ceremony for 2022/2023 academic session of the University, Abraka.

However, the state Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori approved automatic employment for the overall best graduating student of the University, Ilebe Joshua of the Faculty of Pharmacy with 4.83 CGPA.

Governor Oborevwori urged graduands not to think only of getting paid jobs but to be entrepreneurial in their approach to life.

He congratulated the graduands who had been found worthy in learning and character for the award of various degrees of the great citadel of learning.

According to him, “as you launch out into the world today, it is my earnest expectation that you will put to good use the academic knowledge and life lessons you have garnered during your sojourn here.

“Do not think only of getting a paid job; I challenge you to be entrepreneurial in your approach to life. Money is a reward for creating value. One of the things a quality university education does for you is that it makes you see challenges as part of life.

Governor Oborevwori commended the University’s Governing Council and management for the impressive growth recorded by the institution over the years, saying; “this administration is also committed to sustaining timely and predictable delivery of academic programmes in the state’s tertiary institutions.

Governor Oborevwori also commissioned the faculty of Science Extension and Microbiology Laboratory Complex executed by the university.

Prof. Egwunyenga, said that a total of 4,776 students were graduated from the 2022/2023 academic session, with total of 730 postgraduate degrees, comprising 99 Doctor of Philosophy, 522 Masters Degrees and 109 Postgraduate Diploma.

He noted that a total of 3,611 first degrees, comprising 54 first class, 1,207 second class honours (upper division), 380 second class honours (lower division) and 380 third class honours.

University boss said the university had attained 100 per cent accreditation of all its programmes, saying that it was recently ranked 22nd position out of 133 Nigerian universities with presence in Scopus, 10th position among the best state- owned universities in the country and best university in the South-South Region by the 2024SciVal Ranking of Nigerian Universities.

He commended Governor Oborevwori for his commitment to the growth and development of the citadel of higher academic learning.

At the ceremony, Prof. Chukwuemeke Peter Aloamaka was decorated as a Professor Emeritus of the university in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments as an academic scholar and administrator, while former Minister of Information, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, was formally conferred with the Honorary Doctor of Letters of the university.

The favoured Ilebe Joshua thanked God for His love and grace upon him and the success recorded so far.