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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Some of the awardees include retired Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, Mr Gamaliel Onosode and Pastor Enoch Adeboye.