Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be delivering the pre-convocation lecture of the Lagos State University (LASU), titled “Centre of Excellence in African Universities: A Veritable Catalyst for Nation Building and Development, at the event scheduled for May 16, 2019.
Olanrewaju Fagbohun, vice-chancellor, LASU, while speaking at the pre-convocation press conference held at the 3-in-1 Building, Faculty of Education, main campus, Ojo, last week, said the university would be awarded 57 First Class at the 23rd convocation ceremony, adding that this was the highest in the history of the university.
According to Fagbohun, “This year’s convocation ceremony is a very unique and special one. It is so because our world-class students in their habit of healthy rivalry to be the best at what they do, have pushed themselves so hard that at this year’s convocation we will be graduating 57 First Class students.”
Fagbohun said never in the history of the University had we had it so good, saying, “Two graduands, Ridwan Oladotun Ola-Gbadamosi from the Faculty of Engineering and Nneka Karen Enumah of the Faculty of Sciences graduated with a CGPA of 4.88 to emerge as the best graduating students,” he said.
He said of the 57 First Class, Faculty of Education produced 10, Faculty of Engineering two, Faculty of Management Sciences 13 and Faculty of Science 19, among others.
In his word, “LASU will graduate 14,369 with 54 obtaining diplomas, 10,252 first degrees and 4,063 postgraduate degrees.
Aside the convocation lecture to be chaired by President of Ghana, John Mahama, the Vice-Chancellor revealed that 37 academic programmes of the university were successful accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC), thus all 70 programmes offered at the first-degree level were duly accredited.
Other activities for the 23rd convocation programme between May 2 and 16 include Coconut breaking festival, Convocation cup competition for staff, Jumat service, Special thanksgiving, command performance and convocation play.
