Pastor Adeboye, Alakija To Get EKSU Honourary Degrees

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, businesswoman and philanthropist, Princess Folorunso Alakija will be conferred with the honorary degrees of the Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti.

Ninety-one students of the university also emerged as first-class graduates among the 10, 894 students set to graduate from the state-owned institution.

Addressing a press conference heralding the 28th convocation ceremony of the university, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Edward Olanipekun said former governor of the state, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, and Prince Julius Adeluyi are other eminent Nigerians to be honored.

Olanipekun said the recipients will be honoured during the event which will hold on Thursday with the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Doctor of Business Administration (Honorary Causa), Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) and Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) respectively.

Giving the breakdown of the graduating students, the VC said, out of the total number, 91 students have first class, 3,262 have second class honours (upper division), 6,411 students have second class honours (lower division) while 747 and four students are graduating with third class and pass respectively.

The professor of Industrial Chemistry added that the university would also confer diploma, postgraduate diploma, masters and doctoral degrees on 379 postgraduate students.

He disclosed that no fewer than sixteen academic programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels were recently approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The programmes which will commence with from the 2023/2024 academic session included, Ph.D. Laboratory Medicine, P.h.D. Obstretics and Gynaecology, P.h.D. Paediatric and Child Health, P.h.D. Medicine, P.h.D. Surgery, P.h.D. Public Health among others.

In terms of infrastructural development of the institution, the VC revealed that almost 30 impactful projects have been executed and completed through TETfund and internally generated fund in the last five years under his leadership.