The Lagos State University, Ojo, on Wednesday at its 20th convocation recognised Michael Arowosegbe, the son of a contract security man, as the overall best graduating student of the institution.
It was an emotional experience for the 24-year-old native of Awe in Oyo State, who obtained a first class degree in Biochemistry by scoring 4.86 Cumulative Grade Point Average out of a possible 5.0.
And he gave the audience a peak into his journey and the experience that changed his father’s life.
He said, “Many of my friends and colleagues never knew that he once worked as a contract staff, attached to the Campus Marshal. I witnessed a students’ protest while in 100 level, where he was stoned. I could not cry.
“As if that was not enough, another incident occurred on November 9, 2012, which changed my father’s life to this day. He had an accident on a bike, while on duty on campus, where he hit his head and back against the university gate. He could not move any of his limbs initially.
“Some even thought that was the end of him, and that it might affect my academics because there was no succour from the appropriate authorities. But, glory be to God, he is recuperating and I am today a graduate.”
Arowosegbe, who also emerged the best graduating student from the Faculty of Sciences, noted that he reluctantly came to LASU after he was denied admission at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
He added, “I reluctantly chose LASU as my second choice in 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and I almost ignored the post-UTME that year because I had already written that of OAU, where I scored 278.
“So, I thought with that score, together with a UTME score of 287, I was on my way to study Medicine and Surgery, so I felt the Biochemistry I chose in LASU was to fulfill all righteousness. Today, look at where that choice has brought me.”
