7 Nigeria Students Honoured for been the best graduating students in their respective Universities

Last Saturday these 7 bright Nigerian student, one of them from my Department in A.B.U, got the ultimate award for being the best graduating students in their respective universities.

The 4th Annual Reward Nigeria Award & Gala Nights, hosted by Culbeat New Concepts Limited at the Banquet Hall of Sheraton Hotel in Lagos, was held in honour of seven students who distinguishing themselves as the best graduating students in their respective institutions across Nigeria. Six universities graduates were rewarded with N50, 000 cash and another N50,000 in gift vouchers. continue after the cut...

The awardees were; Mr. Gazali Taminu (the one from my department), Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU); Miss Favour Asuquo Ibok, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Miss Bisola Awojobi, University of Ibadan (UI); Miss Roseline Ejinde Oluchukwu, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN); Alabi Sakirudeen Bojesome and Calvin Ossai, who were joint best graduating students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).

All the awardees graduated from their institutions with First Class in their respective courses. Awojobi, an Elect-Electronics Engineering graduate emerged as her institution’s best graduate, with a GPA of 6.8 out of a maximum 7.0, while Oluchukwu, who read Electronic Engineering, graduated from UNN with a GPA of 4.77 out of 5.00.

Ibok and Taminu made their parents proud by graduating with 4.89 and 4.78 respectively out of a maximum of 5.00. Ibok and Taminu bagged degrees in Accountancy and Chemical Engineering respectively.

Bojesome and Ossai, who both graduated from Department of Electronic Engineering in the Faculty of Technology at OAU graduated with GPA of 4.92 out of a maximum of 5.00 Miss Tolulope Falokun, a current 100-level Law Student at the Obafemi Awolowo University distinguished herself as the best overall West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) candidate in 2012.

Folokun, a 16 year-old alumnus of St. Louis Girls Grammar School, Akure in Ondo State scored nine straight A1s. She was also rewarded with N50, 000 cash and N50,000 in gift vouchers. Apart from the seven students, Lumen Christi Intl. High School, Uromi in Edo State also received the ‘Best Secondary School’ award for their brilliant performance as the school with the best WAEC result.