A new academic record was set in Africa on Wednesday when a
24-year-old student of the University of
Lagos, Hallowed Olaoluwa, bagged
a doctorate degree in Mathematics for the 2012/2013 session.
With a cumulative grade Point average of 5.0, Olaoluwa had the best Ph.D thesis, as
well emerged the youngest African scholar, displacing Olabisi Adeyemi who had graduated from the same institution with
4.98 in 2012 at the age of 26, as well as Opeyemi
Shodipe of Babcock university
who graduated the same year at 25.
The award was conferred on him and other 104 students who
had successfully completed their Doctor of Philosophy at the concluding
convocation ceremony of the university, held at the Multi-purpose Hall.
Olaoluwa, an indigene of Ekiti State, was honoured in the
presence of the former Head of State, General
Yakubu Gowon, the Executive Secretary, National
Universities Commission (NUC), Prof
Julius Okojie, who represented the Visitor to the university, President Goodluck Jonathan, the Pro
Chancellor of the university, Prof Jerry
Gana, the former Vice Chancellor of UNILAG and Vice Chancellor of Ondo
State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Prof Tolu Odugbemi,
among other dignitaries.
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