From Jimoh Ahmed,Owo

No fewer than 53 graduands of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo state, made First Class out of a total 5,145 graduating sets of 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 academic sessions.
The 53 First Class students would be among the 5,145 graduating students from various departments of the University, to be awarded Bachelor’s Degrees at the forthcoming 10th and 11th convocation ceremonies of the institution.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Olugbenga Ige who disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists on the activities lined up for the combined convocation ceremonies, said that out of the total 5,145 graduands, 1,511 earned Second Class (Upper Division), 2861 bagged Second Class (Lower Division), 667 had Third Class, while 40 are in the Pass category.
The said the convocation ceremonies which started on Friday, December 3, with Jumat Service, would be rounded off on Saturday, December 11.
The Convocation lecture, titled, “Nature of State, National Ideology and Modelling of Higher Education for Sustaining Development”, would be delivered tomorrow December 9, by a world-class professor and current President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, Professor Francis Egbokhare, from the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan.
A former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria and business magnet, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika will also be conferred with Doctor of Business Administration (Honoris Causa) of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko.
The VC added that there are 356 graduands receiving postgraduate degrees, 25 of whom are in the Ph.D. category, the highest in the history of the University, saying he is committed to the vision and mission of the founding fathers of the University.
Prof Ige encouraged well-to-do individuals and corporate organisations to join in the developmental project in the institution, just as he called on the alumni to continue to work and bring more development to the University.