…Dambazau, Adebayo bag honorary degrees

By Jimitota Onoyume

Western Delta university, WDU, Oghara, Ethiope West local government area, Delta state has graduated its first batch of ten doctoral students.

Ex Chief of Army staff , Lt.Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau rtd and the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections Prince Adewole Adebayo were also honored with doctorate degrees.

Speaking at the colorful convocation ceremony , Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Augustine Ovuoronye Ikelegbe said the graduands also included first and Masters degree students that were done with their various academic programmes.

The Vice Chancellor Ikelegbe who noted that all the graduands went through rigorous academic progress congratulated them, urging that they remain excellent ambassadors of the university.

He said : “Our academic quality control is one of par-excellence, and our fees remain at the most modest level in spite of high operational cost. Compared with other private and state-owned

universities, our fees are moderate and paid in installments. This is

in line with the Visitor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori’s vision of providing affordable university education to his constituents. He has

consolidated on this vision through the Otemu Education Foundation’s

(OEF) Scholarship Awards to Nigerian students”.

Ikelgbe said, “We do not play with the integrity of our programs. All

our programs are duly accredited by the national universities

commission and the professional councils. We are now privileged to be recipients of scholarship awards and support for our students. We have received scholarships from the OEF scheme and financial support for Niger Delta students in the university from the NDDC. We are expecting scholarship awards from the Prince Adewoye Adebayo Foundation, too.

“The Presidential Amnesty Program is also deploying scholarships to the students”.

Chancellor of the university Dr Donald Duke , former governor of Cross Rivers state charged the graduands to continue to update their academic knowledge to be of immense value to the nation and the globe .