Aminat Yusuf, a law student, is the first undergraduate to receive a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 5.0 at Lagos State University (LASU) in 40 years.
At a briefing on Wednesday before the university’s 26th convocation, which is scheduled for June 21, vice chancellor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello stated that a total of 282 students had earned first class honours for the academic years 2020–2021 and 2021–2022, respectively.
Yusuf, who is of the 2021/2022 academic session,, will also receive a financial award of N500,000 for her outstanding academic achievements, according to Olatunji-Bello.
The convocation will coincide with the institution’s 40th anniversary, according to the vice chancellor, and physiology graduate Feyisayo Lopez won the academic session of 2021–2022, earning a 4.91 CGPA.
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“With the total of 282 first class graduating students in the two academic sessions, the university is, therefore, graduating her highest number of first class in her 40 years’ history,” she said.
“The breakdown of the first class graduates are as follows: 2020/2021 academic session, 148 graduates; 2021/2022 academic session, 128 graduates; and sandwich (2022 Modular Year), six graduates.
“The total number of graduating students of 2020/ 2021 and 2021/ 2022 academic sessions is 10,183 students in diploma, first degree, postgraduate diploma, academic master’s degree, professional master’s degree, doctor of philosophy, and professional doctoral degree.
“I am also glad to announce that Yusuf Aminat Imoitesemeh, with a CGPA of 5.00 (First Class Honours) is LASU’s best-graduating student in history. I congratulate her, her family and the Faculty of Law on this laudable feat.”
