By: Favour Adeyemi 

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode  Adebowale,  has charged recent graduates of the university to exhibit confidence, seizing every opportunity that comes their ways and leading the change Nigeria needs.

Professor Adebowale charged the University’s fresh graduates admitted to the first degrees in the Faculties of Agriculture, the Social Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, Law,  Economics,  Management Science and Renewable Resources during the second day of the 2025 Convocation ceremonies.

Professor Adebowale also enjoined  them to put into application the skills and knowledge they acquired while pursuing their degrees to propel themselves forward, even in uncertain times.

He reiterated that the University has towered highest in its countless contributions to human capital development, research outputs, and community service across the world through its staff both academic and non-teaching, and particularly through its quality alumni.

According to the Vice-Chancellor,  the University, which had confered its degrees upon accomplished individuals, is still proudly graduating a new generation of innovative entrepreneurs, skilled professionals, visionary leaders, and talented change makers into the world.

The commencement speaker, Mrs Bola Olajomi-Otubu, MD/CEO Beige Spaces Limited, an alumna of UI, warned the graduands that life after UI will test their resolve and determination to build their dreams.

Mrs Olajomi-Otubu  further urged them to choose “the hard and the right” over “the easy and the quick,” warning that real success is not microwaved.