The vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Folasade Ogunsola said Messrs Damilare Adebakin and Samuel Badekale, both from the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, are the best-graduating students with a perfect Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0.
She announced this while briefing journalists on this year’s convocation which ends on January 19, 2025.
She said Adebakin and Badekale are closely followed by Olamide Emida, a student from the Department of Accounting, who achieved a 4.95 CGPA.
The vice chancellor also disclosed that the university would confer degrees and diplomas on 16,409 students, including 9,684 undergraduates and 6,659 postgraduates, while 66 students will graduate from the UNILAG Business School.
Giving a breakdown of the results, Ogunsola said out of the 16,409 graduands, 561 will be awarded first-class degrees and distinctions, 3,916 will be awarded second-class upper, 3,763 with second-class lower, 1,143 with third-class, and 78 pass degrees.
She noted that 223 are unclassified Pharmacy, Basic and Clinical Sciences degrees.
Ogunsola added that the Faculty of Management Sciences recorded the highest number of first-class graduates with 125, followed by the Faculties of Sciences and Engineering with 121 and 61, respectively.
Of the 6,659 postgraduate degrees, the VC said there are 513 graduates with a postgraduate diploma, 5,933 are graduating with Masters and 213 with PhD.
She further said the overall best PhD thesis award goes to Adetoun Akintoye with a PhD in chemistry, while the best PhD in humanities goes to Eniola Ladipo.
She also informed that the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, co-founder of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Mr Fola Adeola and the group managing director (GMD) of Sahara Power Group, Mr Kolawole Adesina, would be conferred with honorary degrees.
Moreover, the vice chancellor said convocation lecture titled “Universities as Hubs for Development and Wealth Creation” will be chaired by the former governor of Lagos State and former minister of works, Mr Babajide Fashola, and delivered by the chief executive officer of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr Tayo Aduloju.
