116 graduate with first class as Elizade varsity graduates 964

No fewer than 116 students of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, have graduated with first-class degrees among 964 students receiving undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications at the institution’s forthcoming convocation.

The graduates are from the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Philip Oguntade, disclosed on Friday while briefing journalists on activities lined up for the ceremony.

Oguntade said the university would award 884 bachelor’s degrees and 80 postgraduate qualifications across the two sessions.

Oguntade said, “The undergraduate graduands comprise 358 from the 2024/2025 academic session and 526 from the 2025/2026 academic session.”

Giving a breakdown of the undergraduate results, the vice-chancellor said 116 students obtained first-class degrees, 398 graduated with second-class upper, 299 with second-class lower, 69 with third-class, while two obtained pass degrees.

“These results reflect the commitment of our students, the dedication of our academic staff and the university’s insistence on academic standards, discipline and quality assurance,” he said.

Oguntade said the graduates had been trained to demonstrate intellectual ability, professional competence, entrepreneurial initiative and ethical responsibility.

He also disclosed that the university secured full accreditation in all six programmes assessed by the National Universities Commission during its October/November 2025 accreditation exercise.

The programmes are Law, Accounting and Finance, Microbiology, Business Administration, Human Resource Management and Computer Science.

According to him, the outcome reflects the institution’s commitment to standards in teaching, learning, curriculum delivery, staffing, infrastructure and student support services.

The vice-chancellor said the convocation lecture would be delivered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.