LASU To Graduate 10,000 Students On 10th December 2020
LASU graduates 10, 000 students, 76 bag first class.
As Lagos State University (LASU) concludes arrangement for its 24th convocation ceremony of the 2018/2019 session, a total of 6,197 students bagged first degrees in various fields, while 1,089 got masters degrees and 47 got doctorate degrees, others include: Diploma 253, PGDE 916 and Academic Masters 825, while 76 bagged first class.
Speaking on the occasion, the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, said, “Aside the challenges that came with COVlD-19, our institution has not witnessed downtime in academic activities as a result of any local crisis since January, 2016. The result is that we have had unbroken annual convocation ceremonies from then till date.
“This is particularly thrilling for me because convocation ceremonies cap all activities for the year and it provides an avenue for us as an institution to enumerate and showcase our achievements in the year as well as unleash fresh minds to the world, for them to chart a course and start their own life of contributing their quota to national development.
“This year’s Convocation ceremony is quite remarkable because our best graduating students at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels set a new university record.
“Oladimeji ldris SHOTUNDE of the Department of Business Administration graduated as the best graduating student with a CGPA of 4.95 while Olusola Aanu OLABANJO with a CGPA of 5.0 graduated as the best MSc. student.
l commend your efforts in acheiving this great feat. You have demonstrated to the world that truly our students are of world class standard and can stand toe to toe with their colleagues from anywhere in the world. You are indeed our pride,” he said.
