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Lagos State Governor and Visitor to Lagos State University (LASU), Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given N20 million each to the institution’s overall best graduating students for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions.
Sanwo-Olu announced the personal cash rewards on Wednesday at LASU’s 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremonies held at the Buba Marwa Auditorium, Main Campus, Ojo.
The beneficiaries are Ayilara Lawal Olawale, overall best graduating student for the 2024/2025 session, and Adebanjo Samuel Oluolamide, who emerged as the best graduating student for the 2025/2026 session.
Olawale, a graduate of Project Management Technology, finished with a 4.96 CGPA and First Class Honours, while Oluolamide, an Aerospace Engineering graduate, recorded a 4.97 CGPA, also graduating with First Class Honours.
Announcing the rewards, Sanwo-Olu said: “Ayilara Lawal Olawale and Adebanjo Samuel Oluolamide, each one of you will earn N20 million.”
The governor congratulated the graduates and described the two best graduating students as examples of the academic excellence being produced by the university.
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He said LASU produced 494 First Class graduates from the two graduating cohorts, describing the achievement as evidence of the institution’s rising academic standing.
Sanwo-Olu also commended students who overcame personal and financial challenges to complete their studies, saying their certificates represented more than academic accomplishments.
He said the decision to reward the best graduating students reflected his administration’s commitment to education, excellence and youth development.
The governor urged the graduates to deploy their knowledge and skills in the service of society and prove that graduates of a state-owned university could compete successfully anywhere in the world.
“Go and be the proof,” Sanwo-Olu told the graduates. “Be the proof that a state university can out-think, out-work and out-build any institution anywhere in the world.”
He further urged them to uphold competence, character and courage as they entered the wider world, saying their degrees should be matched by meaningful service to society.
A total of 20,604 graduates received degrees and other qualifications from the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions. They included 3,383 postgraduate and 238 new PhD holders.
The combined convocation was Sanwo-Olu’s sixth and final ceremony as Visitor to LASU.
