The Vice Chancellor of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Prof. Ayodeji Agboola, has said the state-owned university had produced 265,000 graduates since it was established 40 years ago.
Agboola said this on Tuesday at a press briefing held at the institution to mark the university’s 40th anniversary.
The VC, who spoke on the theme “Lighting the path of academic excellence: Yesterday, today and tomorrow,” said the next five years would be used to consolidate various achievements of the past administrations.
Agboola explained that the university which started with 522 students and four faculties in 1983 has grown to receive 22,000 applications from candidates with about 7,000 quota every year.
He added that OOU, which was formerly known as Ogun State University, now runs 72 programmes with 65 having full accreditation by the National University Commission.