UNIBEN Highest CGPA In History Record Breaker Gets ₦‎500,000 Award

James Ojo Alleh, the overall best graduating student of the University of Benin at the just-concluded 49th and 50th combined Convocation Ceremonies of the institution and a native of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area in Edo State, has been honoured with the “Trig Energy Academic Prize for Akoko-Edo Students.”

The Akoko-Edo Academic Prize is an initiative of Mr. Humphrey Teddy Adewumi, a native of Akoko-Edo and an alumnus of the university from the Department of Political Sciences, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Trig Energy Ltd.

The award presentation took place on Friday during the convocation ceremony. Alleh, who graduated from Petroleum Engineering with a First Class, 4.98 CGPA, the highest in the history of UNIBEN, was honoured with the sum of N500,000 by Mr. Adewumi in recognition of his academic excellence.

Speaking at the Award ceremony, Mr. Adewumi lauded Alleh’s academic commitment which led to the record-breaking achievement at UNIBEN, noting, “your dedication has clearly paid-off, and we are more than happy to celebrate with you.”

Represented by his Personal Assistant (Political Matters), Ogunnubi Kingsley Princewill, Mr. Adewumi said the academic feat achieved by Alleh should be applauded by not just Akoko-Edo sons and daughters but all lovers of education across the country.

He, therefore, urged other students, especially those from Akoko-Edo extraction, to be inspired by the Alleh’s story as they go through the four walls of the university.

Those present at the Award ceremony held at the Ugbowo Campus of the University include the institution’s Dean of Students’ Affairs, Prof. Clement Ighodaro; and the awardee’s Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Emmanuel Ogujor.

Others were the Head of the awardee’s Department of Petroleum Engineering, Dr. Ikpomwonsa Ohenhen; Prof. E.O Oshomoh, Head, Department of Science Laboratory Technology and Engr. Salami David, both also from Akoko-Edo.

Trig Energy Ltd is an oil marketing company incorporated in Nigeria with its head office located in Lagos. Trig Energy is one of the aviation marketing companies in Nigeria offering aviation fuel services, with operations in the major commercial aviation centers in the country.