71 Make First Class As Kwara Varsity Graduates 6, 374 Saturday

Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, will graduate 6,374 students on Saturday, of whom 71 earned First-Class degrees.

The vice chancellor of the university, Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, disclosed this yesterday during a press briefing heralding the institution’s 12th convocation.

Jimoh said that 1,828 bagged Second Class Upper Division, 3,501 had Second Class Lower Division, while 974 got Third Class in the 2023/2024 academic session.

He added for 2023/2024 academic session, 49 bagged PhD while 468 had Masters degrees.

Jimoh who rolled out the achievements of the institution said they  plan to tackle transportation challenge facing the  students by building more hostel facilities inside the university campus.

“We have recently completed a 104- bed space hostel and the Chairman of KWASU’s Governing Council,

Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, will commission the building this Thursday. KWASU has also

partnered with investors to realise the Students’ Smart city hostel project which will deliver 25,000

bed spaces in the first phase. Currently, work is on-going to deliver at first, 8,700 bed spaces within the next few months.

“As a university desirous of producing total graduates, one of our goals is to secure more accommodation facilities on-campus for our students.

This is one way we can ensure our students have access to all-round university culture. The inadequate on-campus hostel facility was another of the challenges listed last year, but we have explored private partnership to solve this. We hope more private organisations will partner with us to drive the research and infrastructure components of this great institution”, he said.

Jimoh said that the university has been in the news for its strides in the electric vehicle conversion and, lately, the hybrid CNG conversion.

“As an entrepreneurial and community development university that also advocates sustainable environments, KWASU considers these achievements as contributing to cleaner environments for all, with the added benefit of boosting the economic growth of the institution and society in general,” he added.

Jimoh commended the Kwara State government for committing funds to the completion of the university’s Osi and Ilesha-Baruba campuses.

He reiterated that management of the institution would not condone indiscipline and internet frauds among its students, saying that any student found in such untoward behaviour had always been shown the way out of the institution.