LASU Produces 57 First Class, Osinbajo to Deliver Convocation Lecture
Ugo Aliogo
For the first time in its 35 years of existence, the Lagos State University (LASU) has produced 57 first class students who are part of the 14,312 that will be graduating at the institution’s 23rd convocation ceremonies.
Out of this figure, two of the graduands emerged the best graduating students across the Faculties of Engineering and Sciences.
Briefing journalists in Lagos recently to announce plans for the 23rd convocation ceremonies, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olarenwaju Fagbohun said the ceremonies will kick-off on May 17 with a lecture titled ‘African Centres of Excellence in Africa: A Veritable Catalyst for Nation Building and Development’, to be delivered by the Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, while a former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama will chair the occasion.
He gave a breakdown of the number of graduands, which comprise 54 diploma, 10,252 first degrees, 4,063 higher degrees consisting of 1,532 postgraduate diploma, 2,051 academic and professional degrees, as well as 17 PhDs.
The VC described the first class figure as historic and a significant improvement compared with the previous convocation that produced 26 first class graduates.
“This is the fallout of our quality assurance measure and every nook and cranny of the university has keyed into this vision. Besides, our campuses are now full of activities as our students compete among themselves within the system and the rest of the world.”
Fagbohun said two best graduating students from the Faculty of Engineering, Ridwan Ola-Gbadamosi and Faculty of Science, Nneka Enumah both made a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.78.
He said other best graduands are Shukurat Kannike who led the Faculty of Basic Sciences/Physiology with a CGPA of 4.36, while Moshood Bakare of the Faculty of Education made a CGPA of 4.75.
“The trio of Ismaila Salami of the Faculty of Management Sciences (Insurance); and Titilope Adebisi of the School of Communication; as well as Emmanuel Oyeleke of the School of Transport dwarfed their colleagues with CGPA of 4.85; 4.47; and 4.12 respectively.”