Governor of Ogun State Prince Dapo Abiodun has offered immediate employment to the best graduating student of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Halimat Abdulsalam.
Abdulsalam, who emerged from the Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, garnered the Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.93 ahead of other 413 graduands, the best ever to be achieved by any valedictorian of the university, a statement from the university has said.
The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Eng. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, stated this at the 11th convocation of the university recently, saying his government would continue to lift the education status of thestate through partnership with educational institutions.
The institution also conferred the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo and the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu with Doctor of Science (honoris causa) in Public Administration and Mass Communication while Dr AbdulRahman Hamad Altamami of Riyadh Ministry of Education bagged Doctor of Letters in Islamic Studies.
In his acceptance speech, Oba Aremu Gbadebo said globally, university education is to sharpen the intellect of its beneficiaries and with it, they could get to the highest level in life, and urged them to be good ambassadors of their alma mater.
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