UNILAG to graduate 16,409, honour Okonjo-Iweala, others at 55th convocation
By Jeffrey Agbo
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced plans to graduate 16,409 students and confer honorary degrees on notable individuals, including the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, during its 55th convocation ceremony.
The week-long event will begin on January 10 with a Juma’at service at the institution’s Central Mosque and conclude on January 17.
Speaking at a pre-convocation briefing, UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, revealed that former Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola will chair the occasion.
As part of the festivities, Dr. Tayo Aduloju, CEO of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), will deliver the convocation lecture titled “Universities as Hubs for Development and Wealth Creation” at the J.F. Ade-Ajayi Auditorium.
UNILAG will confer honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc) degrees on three distinguished individuals for their remarkable contributions to academia, scholarship, and societal development: Okonjo-Iweala; Fola Adeola, Co-Founder of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank Plc) and Kolawole Adesina, Group Managing Director of Sahara Power Group.
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The convocation will also feature the award of first degrees, diplomas, certificates and prizes to graduates from the Faculties of Arts, Education, Environmental Sciences, Science and Social Sciences.
Conferment of degrees will be for graduands from the College of Medicine in the Faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, and Dental Sciences.
Others are Faculties of Engineering, Law, Management Sciences, Pharmacy and the Distance Learning Institute (DLI).
She said that the conferment of degrees would come up on January 14 and Jan. 15.
“Out of the 16,409, 9,684 students will receive first degrees and diplomas, 6,659 will be awarded postgraduate degrees while 66 will graduate from the UNILAG Business School,” the vice-chancellor said.
She gave the breakdown of the award results as, 561 first class degrees and distinctions; 3,916 second class upper degrees (2.1) and 763 second class lower (2.2) degrees.
The Vice Chancellor also said results also showed that 1,143 third class (3rd class) degrees, 78 degrees as well as 223 unclassified degrees would be conferred.
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