Delta state governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori on Saturday approved automatic employment for the overall best graduating student at the Delta state University, DELSU, Abraka, Ilebe Joshua.
The valedictorian for the 2022/2023 academic session , who was a student at the Faculty of Pharmacy, had 4.83 CGPA.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Saturday noted that Governor Oborevwori, who announced the automatic employment during the institution’s 16th Convocation ceremony , urged the graduands not to only think of getting paid jobs but rather seek to be entrepreneurial in their approach to life.
While congratulating the graduands, who have been found worthy in learning and character for the award of various degrees of the great citadel of learning, Governor Oborevwori said; ‘as you launch out into the world today, I earnestly expect 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 also commended the University’s Governing Council and the management team 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 at tertiary institutions in the state’.
Governor Oborevwori had on arrival at the university inaugurated the faculty of Science Extension and Microbiology Laboratory Complex project .
Earlier while welcoming the guests , the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Andy Egwunyenga, said that a total of 4,776 students graduated from the university for the 2022/2023 academic session, with a total of 730 postgraduate degrees, comprising 99 Doctors of Philosophy, 522 Masters Degrees and 109 Postgraduate Diplomas.
The graduands, according to him, includes; 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.
He said the university has attained 100 per cent accreditation of all its programmes, adding 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.
The Vice-Chancellor commended Governor Oborevwori, who is the Visitor to the university, for his commitment to the growth and development of the citadel of higher academic learning.
At the ceremony, Professor Chukwuemeke Peter Aloamaka was honoured with Professor Emeritus of the university in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments as an academic scholar and administrator, while former Minister of Information, Professor Sam Oyovbaire, received Honorary Doctor of Letters from the institution.
The valedictorian, Ilebe Joshua, thanked God for their success and appreciated the Vice-Chancellor, management team and staff of the University for instituting the Student Work and Scholarship Schemes, which enabled indigent students to sustain their academic pursuits-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
