LASU’s Department of Law’s best-graduating graduate, Imoitesemeh Yusuf, will be awarded a cash prize of N500,000.00 by Lagos State University, Ojo.
Yusuf achieved an outstanding CGPA of 5.00, earning a First Class Honours degree.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, disclosed this information during the convocation press conference held on Wednesday.
The event will also commemorate the institution’s 40th anniversary, established in 1983.
Additionally, Olatunji-Bello announced that Divine Lopez, from the Department of Physiology at the Lagos State University College of Medicine, achieved a CGPA of 4.91 and was recognized as the best graduating student for the 2020/2021 academic session, also earning a First Class Honours degree.
The convocation ceremony, scheduled for June 20, 2023, will feature a lecture titled ‘The impact of digitisation on higher education in the digital age,’ delivered by Mr. Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the Trust Fund.
Furthermore, the Vice-Chancellor revealed that eight distinguished Nigerians would be awarded honorary doctorate degrees during the convocation.
The recipients include former Governor Babatunde Fashola, Oba Alayeluwa Ademola Elegushi, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Chief of Staff Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, Oba Suleiman Ashade, and Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire.