No fewer than 6,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students will be graduating at the 34th and 35th combined convocation ceremonies of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions.
Vice Chancellor, Adenike Oladiji, disclosed the convocation lecture, entitled: “Technological Innovations: A Panacea for Food Insecurity,” will be delivered by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo on Friday, November 29. 2024.
At the main event, scheduled for Friday, November 29, and Saturday, November 30, and which will be presided over by the Chancellor, the Emir of Katagum, Umar Farouk II, 519 students will graduate with first class honours degrees.
Briefing newsmen on Friday, November 22, the Vice Chancellor, Oladiji, said: “This year’s convocation is a combination of the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions and will have three valedictorians emerging as overall best students.
“The trio are Faromika, Ifeoluwa Faith of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Vitowanu, Johnbull Anuoluwapo of the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering as best graduating students for the 2022/2023 academic session with a CGP of 4.96 each.
“Ajakaye, Oluwasegun Joshua of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is the best graduating student for the 2023/2024 academic session with a CGP of 4.95.”
Oladiji said the week-long ceremony which begins on Friday, November 22, will climax with the award of first degrees, post-graduate diplomas, master’s and doctorate degrees on November 29 and 30.
She said 519 finished in the first class division, 3,408 with second class upper, 2,139 with second class lower, and 339 in the third class division.
According to her, the university will be conferring post-graduate diploma, masters, and doctoral degrees on 1,280 graduates, 344 PGDs, 756 Masters, and 180 PhDs.