Unilag’s Best Student Graduates with 4.96 CGPA

Lagos – The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof.
Rahamon Bello, on Friday said that 125 of its 10,600
graduating students for the 2014 session had finished in the
First Class Division.
Bello said at the convocation media briefing in Lagos that the
event for the award of degrees, higher degrees, Diploma,
certificates and prizes, would hold from April 27 to April 30.
He said that 1,664 of the students bagged the Second Class
Upper Division while 2,827 were in the Second Class Lower
Division.
Bello said that 963 others would be graduating in the Third
Class Division; 90 with Pass degrees while 167 others would
be under the unclassified degrees in Medicine and Pharmacy.
“I am also proud to announce Mr Korede Akinpelu of the
Department of Chemical Engineering as the best graduating
student of the university with a Cumulative Grade Point
Average (CGPA) of 4.96.
“Mr Sedan Shittu of the Department of Finance is the second
best graduating student with a CGPA of 4.91,” he said.
Bello said the institution would also be graduating 103
Doctors of Philosophy (Ph.Ds.), 4,330 with Masters’ degrees
and 331 with Postgraduate Diplomas from its School of
Postgraduate Studies.
He said that Dr Isaac Akpan, with the thesis entitled: “
Processing and Characterisation of Selected Biodegradable
Fibre-PLA Composites,’’ emerged the best Doctorate student.
The vice-chancellor re-emphasised UNILAG’s resolve to
continue to produce quality first class graduates capable of
competing favourably with their counterparts in any part of the
world.
He said that the university had continued to witness
appropriate growth and development in all facets, particularly
in infrastructure and academic leadership.
Bello said that with the resuscitation of its students’ union 10
years after it was proscribed, the institution now had the full
complement of education.
According to the don, students can now fully exhibit their
leadership potentialities in readiness for roles in the larger
society.
The vice-chancellor said the university recently produced a
25-year strategic plan, spanning from 2012 to 2037.
Bello said the document contained all facets of the institution
and how they should grow or develop in tranches of five
years.
He said the convocation programme would kick off with a
convocation lecture entitled: “ Taking Advantage of a
Depressing Nigerian Economy to Accelerate Socio- Economic
Development.’’
Bello said that the lecture, slated for April 27, would be
delivered by a former National Universities Commission
Executive Secretary, Prof. Peter Okebukola.
He also said that honorary degrees would be conferred on
emeritus professors of the university, including some eminent
Nigerians, for their outstanding contributions to education and
quality of life in Nigeria.
Some of the awardees include retired Lt.-Gen. Theophilus
Danjuma, Mr Gamaliel Onosode and Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
Bello congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan for
entrenching democracy in Nigeria by conceding defeat to the
President- elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, before
the final declaration of result.
He also congratulated Buhari and wished him a tenure that
would meet the expectations of the teeming Nigerians.
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unilags-best-student-scores-4-96-cgpa/