UNILAG's History Department Breaks First Class Honours Jinx

Another academic record was set at the ongoing 49^th convocation event of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), on Tuesday, as the Department of History recorded its first ever First Class Honours graduate.

He is Emmanuel Osayande. Before admission to study history at the University, Osayande attended Home Science Schools, Ikoyi for his primary school education and later Christ The King International School Gbagada, Lagos, for his secondary education.

In an interview with Independent, Osanyande disclosed that his passion to know about people around him had helped a lot in his academic pursuit at the University.

Apart from the study of history, Osanyande has also obtained certification in various Information Technology programmes as well as proficiency certificate in the study of the French language, saying that he planned to further his academic study after the service year.

It will be recalled that one year after having its first 5.00 Cumulative Grade Point Average, recorded by Ayodele Dada of Psychology Department, two female students of the University, Miss Taiwo Bankole and Miss Ajoke Omotuyi, have again graduated with 5.00 CGPA from the institution in the 2015/2016 academic session.

At the first day of the convocation for the 2015/2016 academic session presided over by Prof. Rahaman Bello, the institution’s Vice chancellor, a total of 3,578 graduates were admitted into their various diplomas, certificates, and degrees in the Faculties of Arts, Sciences, and Social Sciences respectively.

According to the VC: “Out of the graduating students on the first day of the event, 99 finished in the First Class honours, 862 with Second Class Upper Division, 1,659 with Second Class Division, 799 with Third Class , 69 with pass degrees, while 91 graduated with diplomas.

Prof. Bello commended President Mohammed Buhari for curtailing the activities of the deadly Boko Haram sect during the spate of bombing across the north east region of the country.

He said: “We like to commend Mr. President for the efforts put in to fight the two cankerworms facing the nation, insecurity and corruption. The successes achieved by the military in flushing out the Boko Haram insurgents from Sambisa forest are highly commendable”.

Prof Bello, who will be completing his tenure as the 11th vice chancellor of the university in November this year, urged the president to continue his drive to change the negative mindsets of the world about Nigeria and her citizens.

He advised all Nigerians ‘to latch on to the change mantra to free the nation from the burden it currently carries as a result of not paying full attention to infrastructure needs while developing high tastes for foreign goods’.