Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu has announced a cash gift of N20 million each for the best graduating students of the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 sessions at the Lagos State University’s Combined Convocation, held at the Buba Marwa Auditorium, Ojo.
The beneficiaries are Ayilara Lawal Olawale, who graduated with a First Class in Project Management Technology with a CGPA of 4.96, and Adebanjo Samuel Oluolamide, who graduated with a First Class in Aerospace Engineering with 4.97 CGPA. The ceremony also saw honorary doctorate degrees conferred on Aliko Dangote, Akin Kekere Ekun and Bola Adesola.
Addressing 20,604 graduands, Sanwo Olu urged them to be good ambassadors of LASU, Lagos State and Nigeria, deploying their knowledge and character to solve problems in society. He described the event as his sixth and final convocation as Visitor to the university, doubling as a farewell to the institution he has led as Visitor throughout his tenure.
The Governor reflected on LASU’s growth from its founding over 40 years ago under Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, highlighting his own administration’s investments, including the Babajide Olusola Sanwo Olu Library Complex, a student union building and additional lecture halls, alongside expanding the number of state-owned universities from one to three.
He commended outgoing Vice Chancellor Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji Bello, noting that both their tenures were ending at the same ceremony, and called on alumni and philanthropists to support LASU through scholarships and endowments.
Chancellor Oba Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, presiding over his first convocation, praised the state’s investment in education and urged graduates to become creators of solutions rather than mere consumers of knowledge.
By Asiwaju Adekunle Saheed
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