The acting Vice Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Prof. Mojeed Liasu, has said the university will graduate 24,704 students during its 14th combined convocation holding on Friday.
The acting VC said out of the number, 753 made First Class while 8,096 graduands made Second Class Honours Upper Division; 12,023 graduated with Second Class Lower; 3221 made Third Class and 299 finished in Pass category.
Liasu said this at a press conference he addressed in Ogbomoso on Tuesday to announce the activities lined up for the ceremony.
He explained that the graduands were drawn from six sets: 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021.
As part of the convocation, the acting VC also said a former Military Governor of Oyo State, Gen. Oladayo Popoola (retd.), would be awarded a honorary degree in appreciation of his contributions to the development of humanity.
Apart from Popoola, a former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of LAUTECH, Chief Mobolaji Ayorinde (SAN); the Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of BOVAS Group, Dr Victoria Samson; Pastor Williams Olugbemi and Ambassador Ibironke Adefope will also be awarded honorary degrees of the university.
Liasu said the university has continued to record many feats which he attributed to the efforts of Governor Seyi Makinde to reposition the school and make it a world class university.
The university, the acting VC said, has been consistently ranked the Best State University in the country while the National Universities Commission declared LAUTECH as the fourth best university in the country.
