DELSU Graduates 4,855 Students as 58 Bag First Class

Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Delta State has graduated a total of 4,855 students in various disciplines as fifty eight bagged First Class.

The graduands comprised 339 Master’s degree awardees, 199 others who received Postgraduate Diplomas as well as another 58 who also emerged with Doctors of Philosophy (PhDs).

In the first degrees category, 58 graduands emerged with First Class, 1,396 bagged Second Class Honours (Upper Division), 1,827 recorded Second Class (Lower Division) and 417 graduands bagged Third Class Honours.

Another 44 graduands came up with Unclassified (MBBS) and 77 others with Unclassified (B.Pharm).

In his convocation address, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Andy Ogochukwu Egwunyenga, stated that “Delta State University, Abraka has consistently kept faith with its mandate of producing quality graduates who will contribute to nation building and advance the cause of humanity globally.

“The quantity and quality of graduates produced by our university over the years attest to our capacity to live up to the vision of our founding fathers. I do congratulate all of us, staff and students, on the successes we have recorded in approximating the ideals upon which our University is founded.

“The above notwithstanding, I urge and enjoin us all not to rest on our oars as even the most advanced university, is a work in progress and the Delta State University, Abraka, is no exception.  Though we have achieved giant strides, there is still a lot of work to be done.

“In view of this reality, I invite all lovers of education to join hands with us in building a true university with international visibility that is notable for groundbreaking research, unparalleled dissemination and deployment of knowledge for nation building and for the advancement of humanity”, Egwunyenga said.

The Visitor of the University, who is also the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, represented by the State Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Kingsley Ashibogwu, in his address to the gathering, stated that the giant strides that DELSU had been recording during his tenure of office were reassuring of his administration’s commitment to education development.

Okowa advised DELSU management to keep up with the University’s key mandate of research, teaching and learning in order to further boost its global image and reckoning.

The governor highlighted that his administration had deliberately established three additional Universities in the State to boost varsity admission for qualified indigenes and also bring education nearer to the people of the State.

He counseled the graduands to key into the administration’s entrepreneurial scheme to be employers of labour and not job seekers.