No fewer than 26 graduating students of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUTECH) Okitipupa, Ondo State, will bag First Class Honours during its forthcoming maiden convocation.
The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa, disclosed this during a press conference heralding the convocation at the University campus in Okitipupa on Monday.
LEADERSHIP reports that the University was established in 2008 by the former governor of the state, the late Dr. Olusegun Agagu.
Ologunorisa informed that the convocation is for the 2014/2020 session.
According to him, 307 students bagged Second Class Upper Division, 488 students with Second Class Lower, while 161 students made Third Class.
Ologunorisa noted that most of the graduating students were from the Faculty of Sciences, being the pioneer faculty.
The VC disclosed that the University, which started with just one Faculty/School, now has five Faculties/Schools, including; the School of Science, the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology,
School of Agriculture, Food and Natural Recourses, School of Management Sciences, and School of Earth Sciences.
Ologunorisa said one of the recent graduates, who graduated with a First Class Degree in Chemistry, Miss Demihin Adebisi, was admitted for Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, USA, without passing through a Master’s Degree.
He hinted that in the next academic session, 2023/2024, the School of Basic Medical Sciences of the institution will take off.
According to him, “the school will run courses in BSc Nursing and BSc Public Health. Also the BSc Applied Geology programs will also commence in the 2023/2024 academic session in the School of Earth Science.”
Ologunorisa further stated that
the convocation lecture will be delivered by Emeritus Prof. Olufemi Bamiro, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan with the title: “Transforming the Nigerian University System for Graduate Employability and Socio-economic Development”.
His words: “It should be mentioned that the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) is building a new School – School of Maritime Transport and Logistics at Ugbo Nla, in Ondo State’s southern senatorial district.
“The Maritime Academy will train the critical skilled manpower necessary to drive the maritime industry and ultimately the blue economy of the state. The school will run courses in the following areas: BSc. Nautical Science, BSc. Maritime Transport and Logistics, BSc. Marine Engineering, BSc. Shipping and Port Management, BSc. Marine Economics and Finance and BSc. Maritime Security
“The state is in the process of establishing a deep sea port. These courses will also help to boost the local economy of the state aside from providing the critical manpower in the maritime industry currently short supply in Nigeria.”
