The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the total number of registered voters was 1,059,360.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oluwole Oluyede, polled 40,545 votes.
The president said he believed that FUTA is endowed with high-quality and innovative researchers who could take up the task.
Mr Aiyedatiwa celebrated the parents and guardians of the graduands for their contributions to the development of the university.Â
The federal government says Nigerians are not applying knowledge and innovation in a certain critical sector of the economy to generate earnings and spur national development.
The governor won 19 local government areas with 762,134 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, who won one LGA with 312,329 votes.
