753 bag first class as LAUTECH graduates 24,704

About 753 graduating students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) will bag first class degree at the 14th combined convocation ceremony.

The vice–chancellor Professor Mojeed Olaide Liasu, while addressing a press conference on Tuesday said the convocation ceremony is made up of six sets 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic sessions. I am sure that you all have followed up with events around our institution, particularly the not too palatable incident of our inability to hold convocation ceremonies since April 23, 2016, when the last one was held,” Liasu stated.

According to him, “our plan to have the 14 combined special convocation ceremonies of this university is a clear indication that we have witnessed tremendous improvement in our situation since the advent of Engr. Seyi Makinde’s administration to the point that we are able to think of convocations.

Giving details on the convocation ceremonies, he explained that “a total of 24,704 graduands are passing out with a breakdown of the figure showing that 753 graduands will be going home with first-class degrees, while 8,096 graduands are coasting home in second class upper degrees.

The Vice-Chancellor added that 12,023 graduands are graduating in the second-class lower degree cadre, and 3,221 graduands in the third class category while 299 finished with passes.

Liasu also hinted that “news filtering in from Webometrics also named our institution as the 9th best university in Nigeria in its latest ranking, dated March 11, 2022, in its ‘World Scientist and University Rankings’.”

While commenting on the lingering strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Liasu hinted that “if the industrial action persists, we would find out a solution at the local level in LAUTECH so that our students will not suffer the consequences of the strike.”