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Sanwo-Olu Rewards Yusuff, LASU’s Best Graduating Student with N10million.

June 23, 2023 • 1 min read

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a reward of N10m for the overall best-graduating student of the 2021/2022 academic session, Aminat Yusuf.

The beneficiary graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0 from the varsity’s Faculty of Law.

“As a token of her brilliance, I will be giving her a token donation of N5 million and the state government will give her an additional donation of N5 million,” Sanwo-Olu said while announcing the reward at the convocation ceremony in Ojo on Thursday.

He congratulated the university on its 40th anniversary and 26th convocation while recounting its achievements among other universities.

While appreciating the governor, Yusuf said she was faced with financial constraints during her study, but was determined and strove towards academic excellence.