A Mathematics lecturer at the Lagos State University (LASU) Aminat Ige has emerged as the candidate with the overall best PhD thesis ahead of the 54th convocation ceremony of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
Vice-chancellor of UNILAG Prof. Folasade Ogunsola made this known to journalists on Wednesday.
She said the varsity is set to graduate a total of 17,464 students at its 54th convocation ceremony, out of which 10,578 will bag first degree and 6,886 will bag postgraduate diplomas and degrees.
Ogunsola said 340 of the first degree holders were in the first-class category, with David Oluwatomiwa Akanmu, having a perfect cumulative grade point average CGPA of 5.0. He is from the Faculty of Engineering.
She said, “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 while Ibrahim Abiodun Quadri, of the Faculty of Management Sciences with CGPA of 4.94 is the best-graduating student (Humanities).
“Of the 6886 postgraduate degrees, we have 465 graduating with a postgraduate diploma, 6266 are graduating with Masters of which 377 have distinctions. Most exciting is that 31 of the Masters students are International students all with MSc degrees who were supported by World Bank bank grant through the African Centre of Excellence for Drug Research, Herbal Medicine Development and Regulatory Science (ACEDHERS), the Centre director Dr Bola Ademilua worked extremely hard with her team to achieve this. This is the first time we will have such a harvest of international students at one convocation in the history of this university and this further reiterates and validates the aggressive internationalisation drive of this administration and previous administrations.
“This year, 155 graduands will be awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in various disciplines. The overall best Ph.D. Thesis award for this year which is also the best PhD in the Sciences goes to Aminat Olawunmi Ige, with a Ph.D. in Mathematics. The best PhD in the humanities goes to Issa Akanji Adedokun with a Ph.D. in Private and Property Law.”
