BY TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO
No fewer than 635 undergraduates will be graduating from the Redeemer’s University, Ede, in Osun State, as the institution is set for its 14th convocation, next week Thursday.
Addressing a Pre-Convocation press briefing, on Thursday, Vice-Chancellor of the university, Anthony Akinlo, disclosed that 48 bagged First Class honours constituting 7.6%, 223 students with second class upper division, which represent 35.1%.
He said 251 students came out with second class lower division, which is 39.5% and 66 students with third class representing 10.4%.
“”The nursing department will be graduating 21 students, while diploma students had 12 students with upper credit, which is 1.7%. 13 students with lower credit which is. 2.0% and only one student with merit , which is 0.2 per cent,” Akinlo said.
Akinlo, while listing some of the notable achievements made in the last one year said that the University African Center of Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) made its mark in combating the challenges posed by infectious diseases and other public health related matter.
He said, “through the effort of the Centre, we are able curtail Ebola and Covid-19 Nigeria. We conducted test for virtually all the state in the Western part of Nigeria.”
He said with some of the landmarks, the Centre was declared winner of the 2021 Nigerian Academy of Science Gold Medal Price Award for her contribution to scientific knowledge of the infectious diseases in Nigeria and the high-impact transnational effect of her research and Capacity building across the African Continent.
The VC then charged the graduating students not to contaminate themselves with things that would take away their value.
“To our graduating students, the ‘Diamond Set’, I wish to remind you that diamond is precious, therefore, always remember that you are precious and God expects you to add value wherever you find yourselves. Do not contaminate yourselves with things that would take away your value,” Akinlo said.
