Wema Bank offers jobs to two Elizade varsity first-class graduates

Wema Bank Plc has offered automatic employment to two graduates of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, following their first-class performances.

The university’s Registrar, Omololu Adegbenro, disclosed this on Friday during the institution’s 10th and 11th combined convocation ceremony.

He identified the beneficiaries as Adeeyo Success Olayinka of the Department of Accounting and Akinjogunla Abiodun of the Department of Computer Science.

He said, “I am happy to announce to you that Wema Bank Plc has offered automatic employment to two of our first-class graduates, in the persons of Adeeyo Success Olayinka of the Department of Accounting, who finished with 4.79 CGPA and Akinjogunla Abiodun of the Department of Computer Science, with 4.89 CGPA.”

In his welcome address, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Philip Oguntade, said 116 students graduated with first-class degrees out of the 964 graduates from the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions.

He said the graduates’ achievements represented the university’s contribution to developing skilled manpower for Nigeria and the global community.

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“Our graduates have been trained not merely to obtain certificates but to demonstrate intellectual capacity, professional competence, entrepreneurial initiative, ethical responsibility and the ability to contribute positively to society,” he said.

Oguntade said the university currently offered 35 undergraduate and 23 postgraduate programmes across 30 departments and five faculties.

He listed the faculties as Allied Health Sciences; Humanities, Social and Management Sciences; Engineering and Environmental Sciences; Basic and Applied Sciences; and Law.

He added that the university’s programmes were accredited by the National Universities Commission and relevant professional regulatory bodies.

The founder of the institution, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, reaffirmed his commitment to developing the university into an institution of enduring excellence and urged the graduates to represent it well.

“My commitment remains firm, and my determination to nurture Elizade University into an institution of enduring excellence remains unwavering. To our graduates, congratulations. May you go forth to distinguish yourselves and make your families, the university and Nigeria proud,” he said.