No fewer than 500 students of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, have benefited from its scholarship scheme, while 98 students will graduate with first-class honors at the institution’s 16th convocation.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Omolola Irinoye, disclosed this on Friday in Owo during a media briefing ahead of the convocation scheduled for Oct. 31.
Irinoye said the institution remained committed to providing quality education while making it accessible to students from less privileged backgrounds.
She said the scholarship programme, which began with the establishment of the university in 2007, was designed to ensure that financial constraints did not prevent deserving students from acquiring university education.
According to her, the university also operates flexible payment arrangements to accommodate students from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
She stated that the university had 100 per cent tuition scholarship in 17 academic programmes, with 80 per cent tuition scholarship in five academic programmes while there were also 70 per cent tuition scholarship in other five academic programmes.
She added that there were four engineering programmes with 65 per cent tuition scholarship.
The vice-chancellor said that there were 98 First Class graduates in the academic session , attributing the performance to the institution’s investment in quality assurance, staff development and a conducive learning environment
According to her, 836 students will graduate at the convocation, including 50 postgraduate students.
She explained that the institution’s commitment to quality education had strengthened parents’ confidence, with some transferring their children from other universities to Achievers University.
The vice-chancellor said the university would continue to invest in laboratories, digital learning, staff training and other facilities to improve teaching and learning.
Irinoye noted that the institution had received approval to increase its annual admission quota of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from 50 to 120.
The vice-chancellor said that three eminent Nigerians would receive honorary awards including Oba Victor Osemawe of Ondo.
She, however, called on the Federal Government to extend student support programmes, including the Nigerian Education Loan Fund to students in private universities
She argued that students in private institutions should not be excluded from educational support opportunities, particularly when some were unable to secure admission into public universities.
The vice-chancellor recalled that the university spent more than N150 million in 2025 to connect to a dedicated electricity line to ensure a constant power supply, but regretted that the investment had not yielded the desired results.
Irinoye added that the institution spent N15 million monthly on the electricity bill with N45 million expended on diesel monthly in powering the school’s facilities.
