No fewer than Eighty two students of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, on Friday bagged first class degrees at its 2013/2014 convocation.
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The Chancellor of the University, David Oyedepo, disclosed this at the 9th convocation and the conferment of honorary doctorate degrees and presentation of prizes to deserving students and eminent citizens.
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Theinfostrides.com grapevine gathered that 1,429 students comprising 1,334 undergraduates and 95 post graduates received various degrees during the convocation.
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In addition to the 82 students that bagged first class honours, 594 bagged second class upper division honours, 531 bagged second class lower division honours while 127 bagged third class honours.
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Mr. Oyedepo said that the institution in its 12 years of existence had maintained a culture of excellence in education and this had produced significant results.
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He said the institution had received recognitions nationally and internationally.
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He said that for two years running, first class graduates of the institution emerged tops in the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) in Nigeria (2013 and 2014).
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"Our graduates are recognised all over the world while most of them have gained postgraduate admissions to world-class universities where they stamped their. indelible footprints in the academia and the world," Mr. Oyedepo said.
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He urged the Federal Government to partner with the nation's universities to provide solution to the security challenges in the country.
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He said that the only way the Nigerian universities could be relevant in solving societal problems was to continue to carry out researches that would resolve political and cultural challenges.
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Chance Ayo, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, said that the university was committed to producing quality graduates for accelerated national development.