Sanwo-Olu Rewards LASU Best Graduating Student With N10m

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has once again rewarded the overall best-graduating student of the Lagos State University (LASU), Nwosu Isioma Sybil of the Department of Biochemistry with the sum of N10 million at the 28th Convocation Ceremony as a reward for academic excellence.

Sanwo-Olu, a visitor to the Lagos State University (LASU), represented by the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, made the announcement yesterday while giving his address on the grand finale of the 28th Convocation Ceremony, which had conferment of honorary degrees and rank of distinguished professors at the Buba Marwa Auditorium, LASU main campus, Ojo, Lagos.

Honorary degrees were bestowed on the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and former Military Governor of Lagos State, General Buba Marwa (rtd), and also on the Deputy Governor of Lagos, Femi Pedro, specifically the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters [Infrastructure, Security and National Development], Honoris Causa.

He said, “You are very brilliant. Your exceptional academic achievement is a fine example, and you know that last year, the best student got an award of N10 million, so you will get the same N10 million.”

Recall that Governor Sanwo-Olu had, in 2024, gifted N10 million to LASU’s best-graduating student in the 2022/2023 session, Olaniyi Olawale.

Nwosu Isioma Sybil is from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science. With a CGPA of 4.93, she emerged as LASU’s Best Graduating Student at the 28th Convocation Ceremonies.

According to him, Lagos State University has continued to lead in academic excellence, adding that products of the great institution have continued to excel in all their chosen fields.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello, was elated at the week-long ceremonies, which saw 8,711 student graduates participate in the convocation ceremonies.

192 graduated with first-class honours, 17 with Unclassified (MBBS/BDS) Degrees, 3076 with Second-Class Upper Division, 4397 with Second-Class Lower Division, 990 with third class, and 39 with a pass.