VC, Prof Ayodele celebrates Oyelakin Olumide and Olabode Jolomi’s academic feat, urge them to be a worthy ambassador of EKSU and Nigeria
The Vice-Chancellor of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, Professor Joseph Babatola Ayodele, has congratulated the University’s 2023 and 2024 Overall Best Graduating Students, Master Oyelakin Olumide Oluwapelumi and Master Olabode Williams Jolomi on securing prestigious master’s scholarship to study Biostatistics and Sustainable Forest Management at McGill and British Columbia universities in Quebec and British Columbia, Canada.
Professor Ayodele, in a congratulatory message on behalf of the University’s Governing Council, Senate, Management, staff and students, described Oyelakin and Jolomi’s latest academic feat as a remarkable testimony to their intellectual ability, determination, resilience and unwavering commitment to academic excellence.
Oyelakin, who graduated with a First Class degree in Statistics from the Department of Science, Ekiti State University, in 2024, recorded an exceptional Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.89 out of 5.00, while Olabode Williams Jolomi had First class in Forest Resources and Wildlife management from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences with outstanding Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.98 out of 5.00 emerging not only as the Best Graduating Students in their respective programmes but also as the Overall Best Graduating Students of the University.
The academically gifted young Olabode Williams Jolomi has completed his Postgraduate studies at British Columbia University and have started working in Canada while Oyelakin Olumide is currently doing his Master of Science (MSc) programme in Biostatistics at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.The two universities are among the North American country’s prestigious institutions of higher learning.
Professor Ayodele celebrated Oyelakin and Jolomi’s tenacity and unrelenting determination to excel, describing the duo latest accomplishment as a reflection of the high academic standards and result-oriented research culture being sustained at Ekiti State University.
The Vice-Chancellor noted that Oyelakin and Jolomi’s scholarly achievement would serve as a powerful source of motivation to other EKSU students, urging them to remain focused, disciplined and committed to their studies as they pursue their academic and professional aspirations.
Professor Ayodele also felicitated with Oyelakin and Jolomi’s parents on their Sons’ outstanding achievement, acknowledging the significant role of good upbringing, parental guidance and positive family influence in nurturing the young scholars exceptional academic talent.
The Vice-Chancellor charged Oyelakin and Jolomi to replicate their remarkable academic excellence during their undergraduates days as they are completing and starting their postgraduate studies journey at MCGill and British Columbia Universities
He urged them to remain a worthy ambassador of Ekiti State University and Nigeria by demonstrating good character, integrity, discipline and academic excellence throughout their academic pursuit and working in Canada.
Oyelakin Olumide and Olabode Jolomi were selected for the outstanding master’s degree scholarships by the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, a scholarship initiative that supports academically talented young Africans to access higher education and develop the knowledge and skills required to contribute meaningfully to the transformation and development of the African continent.
The achievement therefore represents not only a significant personal milestone for Oyelakin and Jolomi but also another international recognition of the academic potential of EKSU graduates and the University’s contribution to developing high-level human capital for Nigeria and Africa.
