L-R: The overall best student, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Samuel Badekale; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and another overall best student, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Haroun Adebakin, during a visit to the Governor’s Office at Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, on Friday. They were presented with N10m cheque each by the governor and made education ambassadors for the state.
…Gives them N20m reward
Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appointed Messrs Samuel Badekale and Haroun Adebakin, who emerged as the best graduating students of the University of Lagos during the institution’s 55th convocation, as the Education Ambassadors of the state.
The governor also presented them with cheques of N10m each to appreciate their efforts.
Speaking while receiving the duo in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Aboidun said by scoring a Grade Point Average of 5.0 in Cell Biology and Genetics, they not only made the state proud but also set themselves on the path of greatness.
He said: “It is our hope that other up-and-coming students, those who are still in school, will see you and find motivation in you, allowing them to emulate your good virtues.
“You have to think about how you can support and motivate them. As our Education Ambassadors, we are going to develop programmes where you can actually go to schools and talk to them because it will be easier for you to communicate with them.
“I congratulate you as our Education Ambassadors, and I don’t want you to be too far away from the Commissioner for Education so that whatever career path you choose, we can support you in achieving your potential and all that you aspire to.
“You set a target for yourselves and decided that you would not settle for second place but strive for the very best. I must say that this is the Ogun State spirit, and I am not surprised that both of you, in the same year and department, studied the same Cell Biology and Genetics. You have both chosen to pursue a very abstract discipline that requires a lot of intellect, and you have not just excelled, but excelled very well. You graduated with a 5.0, the top of your class.”
Speaking, Adebakin and Badekale expressed their gratitude to the governor for the honour bestowed on them, advised the youth to focus on their studies and shun activities that could tarnish their family names, saying, “You can be successful and recognised without engaging in fraud and other unwholesome practices, just as we are being celebrated today by the governor.”