82 Students bagged First Class and 127 Students bagged Third Class at Covenant University at 2013/2014 Convocation.

Eighty two students of the Covenant University, Ota,
Ogun, on Friday bagged first class degrees at its
2013/12014 convocation.
The Chancellor of the University, David Oyedepo,
disclosed this at the 9th convocation and the
conferment of honorary doctorate degrees and
presentation of prizes to deserving students and
eminent citizens.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 1,429
students comprising 1,334 undergraduates and 95 post
graduates received various degrees during the
convocation.
In addition to the 82 students that bagged first class
honours, 594 bagged second class upper division
honours, 531 bagged second class lower division
honours while 127 bagged third class honours.
Mr. Oyedepo said that the institution in its 12 years
of existence had maintained a culture of excellence in
education and this had produced significant results.
He said the institution had received recognitions
nationally and internationally.
He said that for two years running, first class
graduates of the institution emerged tops in the
Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for
Innovation and Development (PRESSID) in Nigeria
(2013 and 2014).
“Our graduates are recognised all over the world
while most of them have gained postgraduate
admissions to world-class universities where they
stamped their indelible footprints in the academia and
the world,” Mr. Oyedepo said.
He urged the Federal Government to partner with the
nation’s universities to provide solution to the security
challenges in the country.
He said that the only way the Nigerian universities
could be relevant in solving societal problems was to
continue to carry out researches that would resolve
political and cultural challenges.
Chance Ayo, the Vice Chancellor of the institution,
said that the university was committed to producing
quality graduates for accelerated national
development.