Unilag set to produce first graduate with 5.0 cgpa

– The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, will this year graduate its first student with 5.0 CGPA – The student, Ayodele Daniel Dada finished from the department of Psychology

A student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has shattered the institution’s record as he would be graduating with a CGPA of 5.0. According to New Telegraph, the student identified as, Ayodele Daniel Dada finished  from the department of Psychology. Professor Rahmon Ade Bello, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, revealed this on Wednesday, February 24, during a pre-convocation media briefing held at the university’s Senate chamber.

Bello said the university was glad to break another academic ground, adding that the candidate showed exceptional academic prowess. He said a total of 10,907 students will be graduating including 5,472 undergraduates and 5,435 postgraduates, adding that a total of 177 others will be bagging First Class degree‎ certificates along with Dada. This is not the first time students in Nigerian universities will record academic feats, sometime in 2012, 25-year-old Opeyemi Deborah Sodipe emerged as the youngest Ph.D holder in Babcock University.