The vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo will suggest critical roles Nigeria need to play towards achieving all round development in Africa at the convocation lecture of Osun State University.
Osinbajo who will be delivering the convocation lecture titled “Six decades of Chequered Nationhood: Nigeria still holds the key to Africa’s development at the event scheduled for Saturday 21st September at the Olagunsoye Oyinlola auditorium on the main campus, Osogbo.
Labode Popoola, ViceChancellor of the University while speaking at the pre- convocation press conference to announce the 8th convocation ceremony of the University in Osogbo.
Popoola says the university is committed to fulfilling the mission of creating a unique institution, pursuit of academic innovation, skill-based training and a tradition of excellence in teaching, research and community service.
According to him, “The institute is set to become a center of excellence in postgraduate teaching, research, and societal development in all areas of sustainable development”
Giving a breakdown of the convocation, Popoola says the university will graduate one thousand eight hundred and fourteen students with forty-nine of them earning first-class honors degrees in various academic disciplines.
According to him, “The one thousand eight hundred and fourteen students comprises nine (9) students with pass, one hundred and ninety four (194) students with a third class, eight hundred and ninety two (892) students with second class lower, six hundred and seventy (670) students with second class upper, and forty nine (49) students with fist-class degrees. This brings the total number of first degree graduates of the university to Nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-five (9,955) since its first graduation ceremony in 2011.
“We have over the last one year deployed series of success-driven techniques that have continued to yield positive results as evident in our numerous achievements. Part of our success story in the establishment of the Global Affairs and Sustainable development Institute (GASDI), which was approved by the Senate of Osun State University in October, 2018 with a mandate to address issues of sustainable development in unique, creative and efficient ways that can fast-track the attainment of the SDGS and unleash development in different communities.
Aside the convocation lecture, other activities for the 8th convocation include honourary doctorate degree to be conferred on Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, Federal Minister of Interior; Jim Ovia, Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank; Oyenike Monica Okundaye; chief executive officer of Nike center for Arts and Culture and Wale Babalakin, Chairman of Bi-courtney Group of companies,
Popoola further said that the recent birth and approval of two faculties and new departments in the College of Agriculture is also worthy of mention.
