Lagos State University (LASU) has honoured Ayoka Roqeebat Kazeem, an accomplished alumna and the first-ever recipient of a brand-new car on the popular Yoruba language game show Masoyinbo.
On Thursday, July 10, 2025, Kazeem paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor at the Vice-Chancellor’s Conference Room, located on the 6th Floor of the Babatunde Raji Fashola Senate Building, LASU, Ojo Campus, where she was warmly received and celebrated for promoting excellence in indigenous languages.
Roqeebat’s remarkable achievement is a worthy testament to her intellectual acumen and deep mastery of the Yoruba language—an expertise rooted in her academic foundation in the Department of Linguistics, African Languages, and Communication Arts, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University. Ayọka Roqeebat Kazeem, in her speech, expressed gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello, mni, NPOM, for her immense motherly role in ensuring LASU students have what it takes to stand out.
While acknowledging the vital roles played by her lecturers, Dr Alimat Eleshin-Ajikobi and Dr Oyewole Olomu, in her success as the winner of the car award, she also appreciated her father, Mr Kazeem, for nurturing her and being highly supportive.
In the Vice-Chancellor’s address, delivered by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oseni Taiwo Afisi, she expressed immense joy in associating with an achiever in the field of indigenous Yoruba studies and a proud LASU alumna, Ayoka Roqeebat Kazeem. She further commended the lecturers for their tremendous and selfless sacrifices in advancing the education of LASU students.
In theVice-Chancellor’s words: “Roqeebat, your feat has made us so proud as it is one of the reasons LASU is now rated the Most Preferred University in Nigeria, with over 70,000 subscribers, according to JAMB’s 2025 rating. Though you are a fresh graduate, your staunch association with LASU makes us extremely proud of you.”
The Vice-Chancellor congratulated the awardee’s father and encouraged families to be proud speakers of their respective indigenous languages within their homes, emphasising that non-Africans from the West are never ashamed to speak their native and cultural languages.
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