LASU Best Graduating Student Elizabeth Orefuwa Delivers Baby Girl A Day After Graduation

Sunday March  26, 2017 – LASU Best Graduating Student Elizabeth Orefuwa Delivers Baby Girl A Day After Graduation

It was double joy for Mrs Elizabeth Orefuwa, the overall best graduating student of the Lagos State University, Ojo, as she was delivered of a baby girl barely a day after graduating.

Orefuwa graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.74 at the university’s 21st convocation held on March 22.

According to NAN, 36,540 students were conferred with degrees, diploma and doctorate while 26 made first class.

An ecstatic Orefunwa, said she felt the contraction just before the convocation and was scared if the baby would deny her the opportunity of participating in the graduation.

“I was having contraction and was scared that the baby might come before the convocation. I told God to take control because I wanted to experience the convocation and God took control until I got home.

“It was when I got home that it started again and my husband took me to the hospital where I gave birth at about 1. 00 p.m. on Thursday,’’ Orefuwa told NAN.

Reliving her experience, 29-year-old Orefuwa said she had yet to come to terms with the reality of becoming a mother.

Earlier, she told NAN during the institution’s convocation on Wednesday that the journey through the school did not come easy but with determination and motivation, she had a good story to tell.

“My aim is to get my first degree certificate after several years of waiting and to satisfy my dad, who has been insisting on academic certificate before professional certificate.”

“I had a CGPA of 4.72 before marriage and I graduated with 4.74 point; I got married in 2016 and my husband was very supportive.”

A chartered accountant, Orefuwa, said she would love to teach as well.