UNILAG’s 55th Convocation: 76 female students, 30 males bag first class
The vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Folasade Ogunsola, on Tuesday expressed delight that 76 female students and 30 males finished with first class honours from UNILAG in the 2023/2024 academic session.
Ms Ogunsola, the first female vice-chancellor of UNILAG, also said the university’s Department of Mass Communication produced 18 all-female first-class graduates in the academic session.
Ms Ogunsola announced this at the awarding of first degrees and diplomas to graduands from five faculties at the university’s 55th convocation.
The faculties are education, social sciences, arts, environmental science and sciences.
Mr Ogunsola said that the performances were impressive. She commended the graduating students for their hard work, dedication and resilience.
“The best-graduating student in the Faculty of Education is Christian Uwagwu, who achieved a CGPA of 4.78. In the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ibrahim Sefiu emerged as the best graduate with a CGPA of 4.82,” she said.
Mr Ogunsola said 9,865 students would receive their first degrees and diplomas at the 55th convocation ceremonies while 6,659 would be awarded postgraduate degrees, and 66 would graduate from UNILAG Business School.
She added that UNILAG had recorded groundbreaking achievements in innovation, infrastructure development and academic excellence.
She listed the achievements as follows: the launch of its Green Air Initiative, which involved the introduction of eight electric buses to transport students and staff around campus.
According to her, one of the university’s most notable accomplishments in 2024 was the domiciliation of the MED-AFRICA GMP Laboratory, the first of its kind in West Africa.
She revealed that the $450,000 state-of-the-art facility enhanced groundbreaking research.
“The Africa Centre of Excellence for Drug Research, Herbal Medicine Development, and Regulatory Science was also inaugurated,” said Ms Ogunsola.
Ms Ogunsola also mentioned that the World Bank funded project was dedicated to developing indigenous plants for medical applications.
(NAN)
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