The University of Lagos
(UNILAG) will issue various
degree certificates to about
10,600 students during
the 2013/2014 academic
session Convocation
ceremonies scheduled to
hold from 28th to 30th
April, 2015.
The Vice-Chancellor of the
university, Prof. Rahamon
Bello, who gave the
information at the pre-
convocation briefing said
that 125 of the graduating
students bagged First Class
degrees.
In a further break-down of
the results, the VC said that
another 1,664 students
bagged Second Class Upper
Division while 2,827 were in
the Second Class Lower
Division.
Bello said that 963 others
would be graduating in the
Third Class Division; 90 with
Pass degrees while 167
others would be under the
unclassified degrees in
Medicine and Pharmacy.
He added that the
institution would also be
graduating 103 Doctors of
Philosophy (Ph.Ds.), 4,330
with Masters’ degrees and
331 with Postgraduate
Diplomas from its School of
Postgraduate Studies.
The VC announced that Mr
Korede Akinpelu of the
Department of Chemical
Engineering emerged the
best graduating student of
the university with a
Cumulative Grade Point
Average (CGPA) of 4.96
while Mr Sedan Shittu of the
Department of Finance is
the second best graduating
student with a CGPA of
4.91.
He also said that honorary
degrees would be conferred
on emeritus professors of
the university, including
some eminent Nigerians,
for their outstanding
contributions to education
and quality of life in Nigeria.
Some of the awardees
include retired Lt.-Gen.
Theophilus Danjuma, Mr
Gamaliel Onosode and
Pastor Enoch Adeboye.