Guardian

A TOTAL of 1,491 students graduated from the Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State on Sunday. Out of the number, 1,359 received first degrees while 132 were awarded post graduate degrees.

Of the first degree graduating students, 52 passed out with First Class honours, 1,059 with Second Class Upper division and 248 were in the Second Class Lower division.

At the 11th Convocation ceremony, Miss Oduyoye Omobola Oyebola of Public Health Department, emerged as the 2013 graduating student with the highest CGPA of 4.92. Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke was also awarded Doctor of Law and Community Development (Ph.D),  Honoris Causa.

The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. James Kayode Makinde, in his speech said its pursuit of excellence as a private institution in spite of the acute economic and security situation pervading the country  without compromising good standard is a pointer to God’s faithfulness.

He noted that for the country to survive and prosper in this gloomy and stormy global economy, there is need to effectively begin the reconstruction of vocational training to provide medium level highly skilled artisans, technicians and craftsmen and women to fill the indispensable vacuum in production and maintenance created by years of neglect and over-certification of mediocrity.

Makinde stressed that in the absence of functional government presence, today’s university administrator does not just concern himself with academics but collaterally runs municipal or local

government in terms of facilities, roads, power, water supplies, security, health and many other facets of life.