Nigerian Governor Offers Automatic Employment to LASU Law Student Who Graduated with 5.0 CGPA

Nigerian Governor Offers Automatic Employment to LASU Law Student Who Graduated with 5.0 CGPA

  • Aminat Yusuf, who graduated with a perfect CGPA of 5.0 from Lagos State University (LASU), has been offered automatic employment
  • Edo state Governor Godwin Obaseki offered Yusuf automatic employment for her remarkable feat of breaking LASU's 40-year-old record
  • Obaseki disclosed that the Edo state government would propose to NYSC to allow Yusuf to serve in her state of origin

Benin City, Edo State - Governor Godwin Obaseki has offered automatic employment to Aminat Yusuf, who graduated with a perfect Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 from Lagos State University (LASU).

The Edo state indigene’s remarkable feat saw her break the 40-year record at LASU.

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Governor Obaseki offers automatic employment to LASU Law student Aminat Yusuf. Photo Credit: Edo State Government of Nigeria/Lagos State University, Info. Official Page
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Obaseki said the decision to offer her automatic employment was to go beyond mere congratulations and prevent the risk of losing her to other states, Daily Trust reported.

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The governor stated this while addressing newsmen in Benin City, the state capital.

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His words:

“She has not done her youth service. So, what we are proposing is that we will write to the National Youth Service Corps so that she will serve with us here in Edo State so that we don’t run the risk of losing her."

He added that Yusuf had been given other forms of support as a reward for her sterling feat.

Obaseki said Yusuf has indeed given a good account of herself as a worthy ambassador of the state.

Aminat Yusuf: Law student who broke LASU's 40-year-old record with 5.0 CGPA gets N10m reward from Sanwo-Olu

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, gave N10 million to Aminat Yusuf, a law student at Lagos State University (LASU), for obtaining a perfect CGPA of 5.0.

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Sanwo-Olu announced a personal donation of N5m and another N5m from the State Government to Aminat.

Aminat Yusuf: Law student breaks LASU's 40-year-old record, Emerges 1st undergraduate to obtain 5.0 CGPA

For obtaining a CGPA of 5.0, Aminat Yusuf, a law student at Lagos State University (LASU), has gotten the attention of the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Governor Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, June 16, congratulated Yusuf on the remarkable feat.

Source: Legit.ng

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.