KWASU produces 82 First Class graduates among 8,119 at 13th convocation
KEHINDE AKINPELU ILORIN
Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete has produced 82 First Class graduates among a total number of 8,119 degree recipients that will be graduated during its 13th convocation ceremony.
Speaking with journalists during the convocation press briefing on Tuesday, the KWASU vice chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Alade Jimoh, said that 7,618 earned a first degree while 501 bagged postgraduate degrees.
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He said that there are 1,986 Second Class Upper degree holders, 4,195 Second Class Lower graduates, and 1,355 Third Class graduands, adding that there are 75 Ph.D.s and 426 Masters graduands at the postgraduate level.
Professor Jimoh, who said that the
KWASU was established as multi campus university, added that the recent relocation of the students of the university at Osi and Ilesha Baruba campuses to the main campus is not about insecurity but for the convocation activities that the students requested to be part of.
The vice chancellor said that the students were given adequate accommodation, adding that they are expected to resume at their various campuses immediately after the convocation ceremony and mid semester holidays.
He said that academic growth of the university in the last one year was reflected in the take off of Osi and Ilesha Baruba campuses.
“Both staff and students of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences have been integrated in these communities with lectures and research activities on-going for the 2025/2026 session.
“This has facilitated the spread of the institution to other parts of the state with the expected socio-economic benefits to the communities hosting them.
“The success of the take-off of these two campuses belongs to the Visitor to Kwara State University and governor of the state, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, whose doggedness has resulted in the realisation of the dream of three functional campuses of Kwara State University.
“We sincerely thank Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for the commitment. I must also commend the Olosi of Osi, Oba Saliu Abdulkareem Adasofegbe Arowobeku I; the Emir of Ilesha-Baruba, Professor Halidu Abubakar; and the entire Osi and Ilesha-Baruba communities for warmly welcoming staff and students of KWASU into their midst. They have accommodated the KWASU Community, encouraging their integration in those communities.
“This is just like the way Malete community welcomed us when the University began 16 years ago. For us, it is a reminder of the strategic importance of the synergy between the town and the gown. We will do all in our power to sustain the cordial relationship with all our host communities.
The vuce chancellor also said that the varsity’s fourth-year medical students have resumed at the State University Teaching Hospital, while 56 Law graduates of the KWASU have been called to the Bar this year.
“These are the first and second sets of Law graduates of KWASU. These developments are milestones we have long waited for as KWASU continues to train and produce critical work force for the different sectors.
“With 81 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, we have maintained our success rate in the accreditation status of programmes”, he said.
On infrastructure, Professor Jimoh said the school has continued to strive to increase and improve under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) who approved a N1 billion Special Intervention project to complete the Library Annex.
“All 11 faculties and other stations of the institution have been equipped with an ultramodern, fully functional smart classroom to boost teaching across time and space”, he noted.
“The Experience Centre donated by the Office of Nigeria’s First Lady and TETFund is almost ready, just as the Central Laboratory donated by the Central Bank of Nigeria has reached advanced stage.
“The Faculty of Law building is also progressing steadily and will at completion, create more classrooms and office spaces.
Through Public-Private Partnership with Rangeman Construction Ltd, the Malete campus now has an additional 150 room/600-bed space hostel which is already in use by our students.
“This is a huge addition and a great boost to our drive for more on-campus housing for our teeming students. While we strive to increase infrastructure, we are committed to maintaining existing ones because we take exceptional pride in our very beautiful campuses,” he said.
According to him, scholars in the school are presently attracting high impact research grants especially in the fields of engineering and agriculture, disclosing that one Dr. Mustapha Kabiru and Dr. Adesina Lambe Mutalub of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, separately won the National Research Fund NRF grants.
He said that KWASU currently runs four centres for Women Development in Ilorin, Osi, Ilesha-Baruba and Malete where 125 have so far graduated with skills in ready-to wear female clothes and men’s caps, “they have also been empowered with industrial sewing machines, android phones for e-marketing, and mentorship to guide the establishment of their businesses,” he said.
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(Democracy Newsline Newspaper, December 10th 2025)
