“I read 18 hours daily to achieve 5.0 CGPA” — LASU best graduating student

The best-graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU) for the 2021/2022 academic session, Aminat Yusuf, has revealed that she read 18 hours daily to achieve a 5.0 cumulative grade point average (CGPA).

Gistreel reports that in June, Yusuf became the first LASU undergraduate to get a CGPA of 5.0 in 40 years.

However, speaking with BBC Pidgin, the law graduate said she usually read for 18 hours a day while in school.

“If you want to get a first class, it is not by mouth. You must have passion for anything you are doing, especially when it comes to academics,” she said.

“This is because there will be moments when things will be really difficult. In those periods, you will be able to manage the situation since it is something that you are passionate about.

“I read 18 hours every day while in school. What I usually do then is to divide the subjects that I have enlisted for the day into three and dedicate six hours to each of them.”

Yusuf enjoined students aiming for academic excellence not to wait till the exam is around the corner before they start reading.

She added that students need to be committed to their studies and seek help from senior colleagues or lecturers when they find it difficult to understand what they are reading.

Yusuf also revealed that she was motivated to pursue a perfect CGPA as an undergraduate after getting a 4.98 CGPA during her direct entry (DE) programme at LASU.

Recall that Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, gave Aminat the sum of N10 million at the 26th convocation and 40th anniversary of the institution.

The governor announced his personal donations of N5 million and another N5 million from the Lagos State government.

Also, Aminat, who hails from Edo State, was offered automatic employment in the State’s public service by the Governor, Godwin Obaseki.

The governor’s offer was conveyed by the Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq. where he said “Beyond merely congratulating her, we have offered automatic employment to her. Indeed, we have reached out to her parents and spoken with them. They have accepted our offer of employment.”