Oluwatosin Ogunbusola, 20, was the cynosure at the second
convocation ceremony of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) on
Tuesday as she emerged the Best Graduating Student of the 334 students
at the 2014 convocation of the institution.
The
Economics graduate led the pack of 46 other First Class graduates; 158
Second Class (Upper Division), 115 Second Class (Lower Division) and 14
Third Class graduates.
On the occasion, a former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd);
a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos and currently the
Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Ndifu Alike in Ebonyi State,
Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe; the Vice Chairman of Julius Berger Nigeria
Plc, Mr. Heinz Stockhausen, and a United Kingdom-based specialist in
General Medicine and Neurology, Dr Ann Coxon, were honoured with
honorary doctoral degrees.
Ogunbusola, told Tribune Education on the occasion that she
“sacrificed social life, sleep time, gist time” to achieve the feat,
thanking Governor Ayò Fayose, who gave her N1million as gift as well as
an offer of employment, saying “I’m extremely grateful and short of
words.”