A recent graduate of Lagos State University, Marcus Oreoluwa Akinmade, has emerged as the Overall Best Qualifying Candidate in Nigeria at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) May 2023 Diet Examination.
Akinmade was the cynosure of all eyes at the just concluded 72nd Induction Ceremony of the Institute, which was held on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, after clearing all five (5) papers in one sitting, scoring the overall average highest among all the candidates that took the professional examinations.
The graduate of the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences of the University, cleared all five papers in one sitting, scoring the overall average highest among all the candidates that took the professional examinations.
This was disclosed via LASU’s Facebook page on Tuesday, December 12.
Akinmade received three awards for his uncommon feat: the ICAN Merit Prize for First Overall Professional Level; the Akintola Williams Deloitte and Touche Prize for Best Qualifying Candidate in a Diet; and the Comfort Olujumoke Eyitayo Prize for Best Qualifying Male Candidate in a Diet.
It was gathered that Akinmade graduated with First Class Honours with a CGPA of 4.76 in the 2020/2021 Academic Session.
LASU Vice-Chancellor, Professor. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, congratulated Akinmade for his uncommon feat, noting that the university was proud of his remarkable academic excellence.