LASU best student gets N5m, scholarship, employment

The best graduating first degree and master’s degree students of the Lagos State University, Ojo, have got N5m each for their academic feats.

The best graduating first degree student, Oladimeji Shotunde, who finished with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.95 on a scale of 5.0, also won a post-graduate scholarship to any university in the world.

The 22-year-old Department of Business Administration graduate was equally offered automatic employment into the state public service.

The best master’s degree student, Sola Olabanjo, finished from the Department of Computer Science with a Grade Point of 5.0.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is still on self-isolation after contracting the COVID-19 pandemic, joined the event virtually from the State House, Marina.

He said Shotunde’s record-breaking feat had set a new academic standard for the school, stressing that the cash reward was his personal effort at promoting academic excellence and honouring brilliance.

Sanwo-Olu, in his address, said the state government had already set off the process of transforming the local manufacturing sector with its collaboration with the University of Pittsburg, United States, to establish manufacturing assistance centres across Lagos to train young people in modern manufacturing skills, using technology and knowledge of artificial intelligence.