Delta University, Abraka, on Saturday matriculated a total of 9,498 students for its 2025/2026 academic session, with emphasis on improved capacity building as well as intellectual and manpower development.
Speaking while administering the matriculation oath to the freshers at the University’s main campus in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Asagba, said the students were “among the tens of thousands of candidates who applied for admission into the university.”
“I congratulate you for not only attaining another milestone in your academic pursuit, but for successfully scaling through the difficult hurdles of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Post-University Matriculation Screening exercise,” he said.
This was the second matriculation exercise Prof. Asagba presided over since assuming office on December 2, 2024, as the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the university.
Asagba further warned the students to shun secret cults, stressing that cultism remains banned on campus.
“I urge you to shun all forms of vices that will jeopardise the successful completion of your studies and the attainment of your life
“Peace is paramount to meaningful academic pursuit, and it is on this premise that DELSU will continue to wage war against the nefarious activities of secret cults on campus,” he said.
The Vice Chancellor warned that anyone caught engaging in cult-related activities would be expelled from the university.
He, however, thanked Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State for the giant strides he has taken in the overall development of the university.