The Vice Chancellor, of the institution, Prof. Idowu Olayinka who disclosed this at the ceremony, said that the graduands were from four Faculties, as well as its Distance Learning Centre,
Olayinka
said that 1,407 came out with Second Class Honours (Upper Division),
3,020 Second Class Honours, (Lower Division), 666 Third Class Honours,
74 Passes and 314 Unclassified Degree .
A
further breakdown, according to him, showed that 13 out of the 117
First class graduands, were from the Faculty of Arts; 25 from the
Faculty of Science,
Also one each emerged from the Faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences and Public Health.
The VC appealed to the graduands to be good ambassadors of the University wherever they may find themselves.
”As
you leave Ibadan, I encourage you to take charge of your future. I know
that with your intelligence, inspiration and ambition, you have what it
takes to make your future a huge success.
"Our alumni and alumnae can be found holding top positions in every imaginable field.
“It
is a great honour and privilege for you to join this prestigious hall
of fame that includes a Nobel Laureate in Literature, business icons,
enterpreneurs, countless technocrats, bureaucrats, including
politicians,
“I also admonished
you to always remember that, ‘If it is from UI, it must be of
outstanding quality’. The joy of today will last forever”, he said.
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