James Swole
19 November 2008
Akure — Authorities of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) at the weekend lamented the non-constitution of the governing council of the institution by the Federal Government, saying the development was slowing down many actions that the school ought to have taken.
Chairman of FUTA Ceremonial Committee for the Year 2008 Convocation Ceremony, Professor Biyi Daramola, expressed the concern at a news briefing to mark the commencement of the graduation activities.
According to the professor, many approvals issuing from the council are sent to the Minister of Education which always lead to delay considering the number of federal universities that the minister had to attend to.
He said due to the absence of the council, the university could not appoint new professors even though there are qualified people just as the university could not give honourary degree awards this year.
Giving the breakdown of graduates for this year's ceremony, the chairman of the committee said a total of 2,360 students would bag different certificates with 567 undergraduate's diploma, 1,261 first degrees, 262 post graduate diplomas, 149 masters degrees and 29 doctorate degrees.
Professor Daramola explained that out of the graduates that would be conferred with degrees, 23 were in the first class, 442 are in the second class upper division, 592 second class lower division, 207 third class and 27 in the pass category.
He disclosed that the university convocation lecture would be delivered by a professor from Ghana University of Mines with the title, "Challenges of Funding Specialised University" on Friday, November 21, 2008.
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