Afrigather Olaniyi Mubarak, the Greatest-Graduating Pupil (BGS) of the Lagos State College (LASU) 2022/2023, has been awarded a N10 million money prize by the Lagos State Authorities.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos who introduced the rewards on the twenty seventh convocation ceremony of the college rewarded the scholar for ending with a Cumulative Grade Level Common (CGPA) of 4.98 on a scale of 5.0.
He mentioned it was to encourage the 22-year-old scholar, who completed from the Division of Accounting Training within the College of Training.
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“Graduating with a CGPA of 4.98 is just not a small feat, so I congratulate Olaniyi. This can be a second of nice pleasure, not only for you however for all of us. To rejoice and to honour you, I announce a token of N10 million,” he mentioned.
Whereas delivering the valedictory speech, Olaniyi, the BGS described how he achieved this feat regardless of his humble background.
“It’s with nice humility that I handle you at the moment because the son of a wooden vendor, and a late mom, who defied expectations to emerge from a college wrongly tagged as an asylum for college kids with low mental quotient or college students gifted with programs totally different from their needs.”
“With out mincing phrases, I state categorically that I’m neither a low IQ scholar nor given the course totally different from my want. I selected Accounting Training,” he mentioned.
On the convocation press convention, Ibiyemi Olatunji Bello, the Vice Chancellor of LASU, mentioned 153 college students graduated with first-class levels, whereas 3,029 college students graduated with second-class upper-division levels.
Additionally, 715 college students graduated with second-class decrease division, 228 graduated with a cross and 195 graduated with non-classified levels out of 8,670 college students graduating from the first-degree programmes within the college, on the twenty seventh convocation ceremony.
“I’m comfortable to announce that Olaniyi Mubaraq Olawale of Accounting Training with a CGPA of 4.98 (First Class Honours) is our best-graduating scholar for 2022/2023, whereas for Masters, Olaitan Aminat Damilola with a CGPA of 4.78 (Academic Administration) is the best-graduating scholar for 2022/2023 on this 12 months’s ceremony,” she mentioned.
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Aside from the 89 doctorate awardees, LASU additionally conferred honorary levels on 4 Nigerians for his or her invaluable contributions to the event of our College and the nation at massive.
She mentioned that the awardees are Martins Anetekhai who was honoured as an Emeritus Professor, and Amidu Sanni, honoured as a Distinguished Professor.
Prince Tajudeen Olusi acquired an Honorary Physician of Literature (Historical past, Training and Group Growth), Honoris Causa, and Prince Samuel Adedoyin was given an Honorary Physician of Humane Letters (Commerce, Business and Nationwide Growth) Honoris Causa.
