Not less than 112 graduates of Bachelor’s Degree from FUNAAB have been said to bag first class in this year’s convocation ceremony.
Disclosing during a brief on Monday, 27th January, 2020 before the convocation ceremony which took place on Tuesday, the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof Felix Salako, said that a total of 112 students out of 3,226 students of the institution were expected to graduate with first class Bachelor degrees at its 27th convocation event scheduled to take place on Tuesday 28, 2020.
Speaking further, the vice-chancellor said, “123 bagged PhD, 300 bagged Masters degrees, 47 bagged PGD and 37 bagged Masters in Business Ainistrationdm”.
He made an appeal to the Federal Government to restore the College of Management Sciences for admission and approve all its programmes.
Edugist gathered that Salako also appealed to the Federal Government to support the university with more funds in order to produce more first class graduates.
Taking the reading for the program of events for the convocation, he informed that the university would confer an honorary doctoral degree of Science on the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina.
He however noted that the Senate and Governing Council of the institution had thought it appropriate for the university to appoint two professors emeriti for the first time during the convocation.
