A Mathematics lecturer at the Lagos State University, LASU, Aminat Olawunmi Ige, has come out with the best Ph.D. thesis in this year’s convocation ceremony of the University of Lagos, UNILAG.
This is just as David Oluwatomiwa Akanmu joined the league of students who have graduated from the university with a perfect CGPA score of 5.0. He is from the Faculty of Engineering and the fourth person to achieve that in the history of the university.
Disclosing this to newsmen on Wednesday, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, said 340 of the first-degree holders were in the First Class category, with Akanmu being the best.
“Let me take you through the statistics of the graduating students. This year, we will be graduating 17,464 students. Of these,10,578 will receive first degrees and 6,886 are postgraduate. Of those with first degrees, 340 are first class with 97 coming from Management Sciences, followed by Science with 57 and Engineering 47. From the Faculties of Pharmacy, Basic
Medical Sciences and Clinical Sciences, there were 39 distinctions 24 of which, were from the Faculty of Pharmacy.
“3,374 graduated with Second class upper, 4,547 graduated with Second class lower and 1,832 with 3rd class. 188 graduated with a pass and 250 had unclassified degrees from Pharmacy, Basic and Clinical Sciences.”
The overall best-graduating student, who is also the best-graduating student in Science, is David Oluwatomiwa Akanmu, from the Faculty of Engineering, with a perfect score of 5.00.
