PRESS STATEMENT 29/01/2024 Office of the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Ado Ekiti,. Ekiti State. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, EKITI SPEAKER APPLAUDS UNILAG'S SUPERLATIVE GRADUATING STUDENT Ekiti State House of Assembly Speaker , Rt. Hon. Adeoye Aribasoye has expressed excitement at the feat attained by his constituent, Olabode Ojo who made a record breaking graduation grade at the University of Lagos, UNILAG. Mr Ojo emerged the best-graduating student of UNILAG with an outstanding 5.00/5.00 grade in his Masters degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. Ojo who hails from Esun Ekiti, in the constituency represented by Rt. Hon. Aribasoye in the state House of Assembly had his attained feat announced during the University’s convocation ceremony last week. The Speaker in a press statement applauded Ojo for breasting the tape and bagging the highest grade point up for grabs to take the overall lead. "This is a pride to us in Ikole Constituency two, we feel on top of the world and we are proud indeed. Ojo has made himself a role model and a solid point of reference for youths in Ekiti State" Aribasoye remarked. Rt. Hon. Aribasoye saw the milestone as a corrective achievement that would encourage youths that are disillusioned and derailing to retrace their steps. "This is apt and timely coming at a period where many youths are into vices, seeking questionable wealth without sweat and living in the illusion created by a new slogan on the streets that education is a scam" Aribasoye pointed out. The Ekiti speaker noted that the enviable record of Ojo has further heightened and highlighted the status of the typical Ekiti indigenes as people of academic excellence, cerebral display and intellectual capacity adding that the state parades the best of brains in many sectors within and outside Nigeria. He said "This feat has further accentuated the fountain of knowledge identity which has become an emblem on our dear state reputed as counting professors per square meters" Aribasoye reiterated that the Ekiti State House of Assembly places premium on the education sector as it is determined to give maximum support to every bill aimed at promoting education and supporting the future of students. The speaker who recently embarked on an assessment tour of public schools across his constituency said the move was initiated to ensure students get the best of tutelage and experience as he attributed the towering achievement of Ojo to a good foundation and personal undying passion for excellence. Ojo had his Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. He also won the best graduating student award at the Unilag's Faculty of Engineering and Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. Babajide Agbeyo Special Adviser (media) to the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly.