A total of 9,204 students, were formally admitted into various academic disciplines of the University of Lagos for the 2017/2018 academic session on Friday.
Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice-Chancellor of the institution administered the oath of allegiance to the new students.
The ceremony was held at the Jelili Adebisi Omotola Hall which was given a tight security as armed personnel were seen at different points amidst claims that the striking unions would disrupt the event.
In his brief address, the Vice-chancellor Prof. Ogundipe congratulated students for their success in enrolling into the university.
He urged them to stay off drugs, robbery and any other vices capable of compromising their stay in the institution and ruining their future career.
“I want to admonish you all to stay focused; take your academics seriously in order to graduate peacefully as and when due.
“You must all carry yourselves well; eschew all forms of violence by staying away from bad gangs.
“Always be of good behaviour so as to prove a worthy ambassador of this great university and a pride to your parents and the society in general,’’ he said.
The Deans of each Faculty presented the Students and the Registrar administered the oath which the students took respectively.
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