Graduate Breaks Jinx to Become the First Person to Bag First Class From UI's History Dept in 69 Years

Ozibo Ekele

 

A Nigerian man, Ozibo Ekele has become the first person to bag a First Class from the Department of History since the foundation of the University of Ibadan. The was made public at the 2015/2016 convocation ceremony on Monday with 186 students finishing in the first class category.

 

Ekele graduated with a cumulative Grade Point Average of 6.6 out of a maximum of 7.0.

 

Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Idowu Olayinka, said that a total of 5,629 students from various programmes, including those from the Distance Learning Centre, were awarded first degree certificates at the ceremony.The VC said that 1,538 graduating students finished in the Second Class Upper division, while 3,133 finished in the Second Class Lower division. According to him, 434 students finished in the third class with 81 students finishing with pass.

We Sleep In Darkness, Attend Classes Without Bathing - University Of Ibadan Students Open Up

File photo: University of Ibadan gate

 

Students of the University of Ibadan have revealed that since members of the non academic staff of the university began their strike, they have been living in difficult conditions on campus, as sources of water and electricity have been switched off by the striking staff, The Punch reports.

 

Academic and administrative activities at the university was halted on March 20, 2017, when the staff declared indefinite strike because of what the union described as “illegal deductions of pension money from their salaries.”

 

Aside the pension deduction issue, the workers are also asking for unpaid promotion arrears, shortfall in salary payment, and better welfare for staff, among other issues.

 

Some of the students who spoke with our correspondent on Monday said there was no water and electricity in the hostels and in all the classrooms.