Convocation: You have been equipped to meet challenges ahead, Fagbohun tells graduating students

Success Damian: 

Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU) Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, (SAN) has assured graduating students of the institution that they have all it takes to meet the challenges of the competitive world.

“The world without doubt has become more competitive, but, you have also been equipped to meet the challenges ahead,” Fagbohun stated.

Fagbohun made the disclosure in his address at the 23rd Convocation Ceremony of Lagos State University which was held on Wednesday at the main campus in Ojo.

He told the teeming crowd that graced the occasion that apart from awarding degrees and diplomas, the institution would also reward excellence and efforts “At this year’s convocation ceremonies, we shall award diploma, first degrees, postgraduate diplomas and other higher degrees across faculties and disciplines. We will also be rewarding the effort, brilliance and outstanding performance of some of our graduands who have excelled in their various disciplines by giving them prizes and awards.”

Fagbohun said 57 students made first class and that the institution has never had it so good. “With particular reference to first degree graduands, we will be graduating fifty seven (57) first class students. Never in the history of the Lagos State University have we had it so good. This convocation is unique in the sense that two graduands, Ridwan Oladotun Ola-Gbadamosi from the Faculty of Engineering and Nneka Karen Enumah of the faculty of Science graduating with a CGPA of 4.88 to emerge as overall best graduating students.”

According to the VC, in the Faculty of Arts, Faith Chidinma Uzuegbu and Adenike Anthonia Abati both of the Department of English emerged the best graduating students in the faculty with a CGPA of 4.41, adding that there was also a tie in the Faculty of Social Sciences where Abosede Muinat Onifade and Omowunmi Ayomide Kassim both of the Department of Sociology graduated with a CGPA of 4.78 to emerge the best graduating students in their Faculty.

Graduands with the best results in other Faculties, according to Fagbohun include Shukrat Opeyemi Kannike (4.36) - Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences/Physiology; Moshood Adekunle Bakare (4.75) - Faculty of Education/Accounting Education; Oluwagbotemi Boluwatife Fasominu (4.31) - Faculty of Law.

Others include Ismail Owolabi salami (4.85) -Faculty of Management Sciences/Insurance; Titilope Aishat  Adebisi (4.47) -School of Communication/Mass Communication; Emmanuel Adeoye Oyeleke (4.12) - School of Transport/Transport Management and Operations.