Obi lauds Aminat Yusuf for academic achievement

 The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has hailed the Lagos State University (LASU) best graduating student with 5.0 CGPA, Aminat Yusuf.

Acknowledging her academic excellence, Obi, on Friday, via his Twitter handle, stated; "I congratulate Aminat Yusuf who has just emerged as the best graduating student at the Lagos State University. Her record CGPA of 5.0 is a tribute to hard work, determination and focus."

9jreporters reports that the law student is the first undergraduate in the institution’s history to get 5.0 CGPA.

While narrating how she excelled academically, Yusuf said she struggled financially in school but resolved to defy the odds through hard work.

The student said she was motivated to pursue a perfect CGPA as an undergraduate after getting 4.98 CGPA during her direct entry (DE) programme at LASU.

“I studied really hard and prayed so fervently towards achieving excellence; I graduated from the programme (direct entry) with a CGPA of 4.98 and this was the best in my set,” she said.

“The possibility of graduating with such grade motivated the yearning to graduate with a perfect CGPA at the undergraduate level.”

9jreporters gathered that Yusuf's father is a journalist and mother a business woman. She is an Edo indigene.