Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has ordered the revocation of the contract for the abandoned Senate building of the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka.
Gov. Oborevwori, who gave the order in his remarks at the 17th convocation of the university in Abraka, said the revocation would enable the state government reaward the contract to a capable contractor and ensure its swift completion.
The governor’s directive was in response to the request of the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Asagba to complete the Senate building, which has been abandoned for over 22 years.
The governor directed the Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Nyerowho Tonukari, to ensure the project is revoked.
In line with the tradition of the university, Gov. Oborevwori also approved automatic employment for the overall best graduating student of the university, Okwa Favour Oghenemine, a mathematics graduate from the Faculty of Science with a 4.95 CGPA score.
Gov. Oborevwori congratulated the graduands who had been found worthy in learning and character for the award of various degrees.
He commended the university’s governing council and management for the impressive growth recorded by the institution over the years.
Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of DELSU, Gen. Alexander Ogomudia, thanked Gov. Oborevwwori for the assistance he has rendered to the school and called on donor agencies and philanthropic individuals to contribute to the infrastructural growth of the university.
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While calling on the state government to fast track the completion of all ongoing and abandoned projects in the school, reminded the graduands of the need to be good ambassadors of the institution in their various endeavours.
Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Samuel Asagba, said that a total of 6,401 students were graduated from the 2023/2024 academic session, with a total of 830 postgraduate degrees, comprising 154 doctor of philosophy, 438 masters degrees and 238 postgraduate diploma.
He said the university had attained 100 percent accreditation of all its programmes, adding that it was recently ranked 20th among over 300 Nigerian universities and third among state-owned universities in the country by the global SciVal Ranking tool of Elsevier.
The vice-chancellor commended Gov. Oborevwori, for his commitment to the growth and development of the institution.
He said the university has completed several projects within the short period of his appointment as the 8th substantive vice-chancellor of the university.
At the convocation, the university confered honorary degrees to foremost entrepreneur and philanthropist, Chief Broderick Arigbodi, renowned literary scholar, Prof. Tanure Ojaide and outstanding industrialist and philanthropist, High Chief Eta Enahoro.
