The authority of the University of Lagos, has
announced automatic employment for First
Class degree graduands in the university.
Delivering his convocation speech at the
second phase of the 2014 graduation
ceremony at the Multipurpose Hall, Vice
Chancellor, Professor Rahamon Ade Bello
Rahamon said: “The governing Council of the
university, for the promotion of excellence in
the university, has approved that
commencing from this year, the two best
graduating students, with CGPA not less
than 4.00 in each of our programmes, be
automatically employed as Graduate
Assistants.”
He explained that the gesture will enable the
retention of some of the institution’s best
brains in the system while fostering Ph.D
training at the university.
“We shall continue to set the standards and
create the platform for intellectual
contribution to the economic and social
advancement of our great nation,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Akinpelumi Korede, 21, from
the Department of Chemical Engineering,
emerged the over all best student, with
CGPA of 4.96.
Akinpelumi clinched nine prizes out of the
110 prizes in the Faculty of Engineering
under seven categories.
With this feat in academic excellence,
Korede Akinpelumi has been automatically
employed as Graduate Assistant at the
University of Lagos.
At the second day of the convocation,
yesterday, 2,732 graduates were conferred
with various degrees and diplomas of the
Faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical
Sciences of College of Medicine; Business
Administration and Engineering. Others
include Law, Pharmacy and the Distance
Learning Institute.
Seventy-seven graduating students finished
with First Class Honours category. Thirty-
one of these were in the Faculty of Business
Administration ; 28 from Engineering; two
from Law; five from Basic Medical Sciences;
one from Clinical Sciences and four from
Distance Learning programmes.
It will be recalled that 58 students
graduated with First Class, Tuesday, in the
first phase of the graduation ceremony.
Seven hundred and thirty-eight students
finished with Second Class Upper Division
degrees, just as 1,234 students finished in
the Second Class Lower Division.
However, 472 students graduated in Third
Class, 44 with Pass degree.