 The management of the University of Benin said it has granted no fewer than 500 students who had overstayed in the school an amnesty in order to give them room for graduation. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Lilian Salami, disclosed this during a press conference in Benin City as part of activities to mark the 46th and 47th convocation, 51st Founders' Day ceremony and Golden Jibre anniversary of the institution. The report is presented from our studio. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin is Professor Lilian Salami. She has said no fewer than 500 students who have overstayed in the university have been granted amnesty by the school senate. This is to enable them to graduate from the institution. She also said that 125 students bagged first-class degrees and 2,794 bagged second-class upper degrees in the 2018-2019 academic session, 157 bagged first-class and 2,631 bagged second-class upper in the 2019-2020 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor said this as a briefing in Benin on Monday as part of activities to mark the 46th and 47th convocation of the university. It is now my pleasure to intimate you with the line of activities for this year's convocation and other matters of importance and to solicit your support to ensure maximum publicity before, during and after the ceremony. This convocation, according to the Vice-Chancellor of UniBen, will be used to mark the university's 151st Founders' Day and Golden Jubilee ceremonies. The cases of more than 500 students who have overstayed in the university were looked into by the senate and they were granted amnesty to graduate from the system. Ahead of the commemoration of the university's 46th and 47th convocation, 151st Founders' Day and Golden Jubilee Awards celebrations. This celebration is particularly significant because it falls within the golden era. 50 and 51 years of existence of the great university. We want to send our speech to the busy and the married members of the school because one of them has predicted that the university will be conferring honorary doctorate degrees on left-wing general Theophilus Danjuma, Chief John Odige, Oyegun Dr Natalia, Mr Oluwakemi Pinero, S.A.N. and Dr Thomas Ilube. The former Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Osayuki Osrodin would be unveiled as Professor Emeritus.