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283 students bag 1st class degrees at Covenant University
The Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, said 283 students graduated with First Class Honours in the 2022/2023 academic session.
Adebayo disclosed this on Friday during the 18th Convocation ceremony and Conferment of First and Higher Degrees, and presentation of prizes in Ota.
According to him, 1,175 students graduated for the 2022/2023 academic session.
This comprised 283 students who made first class, 656 second class upper honours, 214 second class lower, third class 22 and 204 post-graduate students.
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Nelson Ifechukwu, a student in the Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, emerged as the best-graduating student with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.98.
“The Covenant’s mission is to transform students into experts, thinkers, innovative managers and resourceful technocrats in all fields of learning, thus restoring relevance to the university context in Africa,” he said.
The vice-chancellor said that the institution was ranked first in Nigeria, first in West Africa and 7th in Africa by the Times Higher Education World University and Impact Rankings.
He added that Covenant is the only private university among all Nigerian universities in the 2023 ranking, making it the best private university in Nigeria and Africa.
(NAN)
