Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved automatic employment for the overall best graduating student of the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Okwa Favour Oghenemine, a Mathematics graduate from the Faculty of Science with 4.95 CGPA.
Governor Oborevwori, who gave the order in his remarks at the 17th convocation of the university in Abraka, said it is in line with the tradition of the university.
A total of 6,401 students graduated from the 2023/2024 academic session, with 830 awarded postgraduate degrees, comprising 154 PhDs and 438 masters’ degrees and 238 postgraduate diplomas.
Oborevwori congratulated the graduands who had been found worthy in character and learning for the award of various degrees of the great citadel of learning.
The governor also ordered an initiation of revocation proceedings for the abandoned Senate building project of the university.
He said the revocation would enable the state government re-award it to a capable contractor and ensure swift completion.
The governor’s directive was in response to the vice chancellor, Prof Samuel Asagba’s request to complete the Senate building, which has been abandoned for over 22 years.
The governor directed the commissioner for Higher Education, Prof Nyerowho Tonukari, to ensure that the project was revoked to ensure prompt completion.
The pro chancellor and chairman of Governing Council of DELSU, General Alexander Ogomudia, called on the state government to fast-track the completion of all ongoing and abandoned projects in the school and equally reminded graduands of the need to be good ambassadors of the institution in their various endeavours.
Welcoming guests earlier, the vice-chancellor of the university, Prof Samuel Asagba, said the varsity had attained 100 per cent accreditation of all its programmes, adding that it was recently ranked 20th among over 300 Nigerian universities and 3rd among state-owned universities in the country by the global SciVal Ranking tool of Elsevier.
The valedictorian, Oghenemine thanked God for their success and appreciated the vice-chancellor, management and staff of the university for instituting the Students’ Work and Scholarship Schemes, which enabled indigent students to sustain their academic pursuits.
