Davido graduates from Babcock varsity

Davido

Hip hop star, Adeleke David, popularly known as Davido, graduated from the Babcock University, Ilishan- Remo, Ogun State, on Sunday.

He bagged a Bachelor of Arts Second Class Upper degree in Music.

He was one of the 1,416 graduating students who bagged various degrees at the 13th edition of the institution’s undergraduate convocation.

This had put to rest the controversy that the ‘Aye’ crooner had dropped out of the institution.

His matriculation number is 11/3430, and he graduated from the Department of Music and Creative Arts. He was the only candidate who read the course as stated in the graduation brochure.

Fifty-five students bagged first class degrees in different disciplines, while the rest got second class upper and lower degrees.

The outgoing President of the institution, Prof. Kayode Makinde, said it was in tradition of the school not to award Third Class and Pass degrees.

He said, “Those who cannot meet up with the established standard are asked to withdraw.”

Makinde said the institution had embarked on a number of partnership and exchange programmes locally and globally in recent times. This partnership, he noted, had started to yield positive results.

He said, “Two hundred of our students are currently in Poland. Some of our medical students will soon be going to India for six months as part of their medical training. We are currently discussing with the Florida Hospital, because we have been to the United States to see their facilities.”

While he formally announced that he had served the institution for 10 years, he said he would be handing over to someone else to “further carry the university to higher levels.”