I reared chickens to pay my school fee - LASU overall best graduating student

- A young graduate identified as Ola-Gbadamosi Ridwan Oladotun has opened up on his struggle with putting himself through school

- The young man graduated with 4.88 CGPA at the Lagos State University (LASU)

- Oladotun is the overall best graduating student for 2017/2018 academic session

Indeed with strong determination and passion, one can achieve almost anything and the success story of this young Nigerian man reflects this in every way.

Identified as Ola-Gbadamosi Ridwan Oladotun, he recently became the overall best graduating student for 2017/2018 academic session with 4.88 CGPA at the Lagos State University (LASU).

While many people know of his victory now, not so many people are familiar with the challenges he faced while in school. According to Oladotun, it was difficult for his father to pay his first tuition fee of over N280,000 when he gained admission into the university in 2013.

I breed chicken to pay my school fee - LASU overall best graduating student

Ola-Gbadamosi Ridwan Oladotun
Source: UGC

To assist his father financially, the graduate of engineering in his valedictory speech at the 23rd convocation ceremony of the university, said he decided to invest the cash prize he received at his secondary school Speech and Prize Giving Day in the production of 150 broilers, which he successfully raised from day old chicks till maturity during the 2013 Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.

“I remember using bandage to wrap their broken legs and a sipping straw to administer medicine on one of the birds not because I cared about their health but because I was desperate about making the desired profit. The return on the investment was used to cater for my personal and academic needs,” he said.

PAY ATTENTION: Get the Latest Nigerian News on Legit.ng News App

Going further, he said, "I decided to study Mechanical Engineering. Though, paying the tuition of LASU Engineering students as at 2013 (N284,750) was a big task mindful of the fact that two of my younger siblings were getting ready for tertiary education and my father had the onerous responsibility to shoulder all of the financial demands from all of us.

"Meanwhile, my late mother, Mrs Aishat Adejoke Ola-Gbadamosi who would have supported him died while I was 12 years old. Eventually, my father was able to pay the full tuition, while l had to take charge of other associated expenses.”

Oladotun, who finished from LASU’s faculty of Engineering emerged best overall graduating student together with one Nneka Karen Enumah of the faculty of Science as they both graduated with CGPA grade of 4.88.

Earlier in his convocation address, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Olanrewaju A. Fagboun, noted that for the first time, the University graduated 57 first class students.

Meanwhile, a female student of the Federal University Of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), has graduated as the overall best student in the school.

The student identified as Jane Onyinyechi Ogwo graduated with a 4.90 Cumulative Grade Point Average.

The brilliant lady graduated with a first class degree from the department of maritime and management technology.

HELLO! NAIJ.com (naija.ng) upgrades to Legit.ng We keep evolving to serve our readers better.

Source: Legit.ng

from Nigeria News Today & Breaking Naija News 24/7 | LEGIT.NG http://bit.ly/2EfAHoE
via EDUPEDIA24/7

These funny food quotes will make you laugh like crazy

Food is not only an essential part of the daily routine but also the most exciting one. We cannot imagine our life without something yummy. How do you make ordinary eating fun and unforgettable? We bring to your attention amazing food quotes which will definitely make you smile. Image: unsplash.com (modified by author) Source: UGC Are you looking for interesting ideas to entertain your interlocutor while having lunch at work or family dinner? Then this article is definitely for you! Good food quotes Below are food quotes, aphorisms and witty statements. This is an exciting and extraordinary collection of the top "pearls of wisdom" on this topic. Here you can find funny jokes and sayings, intelligent thoughts of philosophers and original words of great thinkers and inspiring statuses from social networks, as well as many other things. The best appetite comes without food. I love calories. They are dаmn tasty. An empty stomach is the Devil's playground. Have bre

The Transitional Phase of African Poetry

The Transitional Phase The second phase, which we have chosen to call transitional, is represented by the poetry of writers like Abioseh Nicol, Gabriel Okara, Kwesi Brew, Dennis Brutus, Lenrie Peters and Joseph Kariuki. This is poetry which is written by people we normally refer to as modem and who may be thought of as belonging to the third phase. The characteristics of this poetry are its competent and articulate use of the received European language, its unforced grasp of Africa’s physical, cultural and socio-political environment and often its lyricism. To distinguish this type of poetry we have to refer back to the concept of appropriation we introduced earlier. At the simplest and basic level, the cultural mandate of possessing a people’s piece of the earth involves a mental and emotional homecoming within the physical environment. Poems like Brew’s ‘‘Dry season”, Okara’s “Call of the River Nun”, Nicol’s “The meaning of Africa” and Soyinka’s “Season”, to give a few examples,

The pioneering phase of African Poetry

The pioneering phase We have called the first phase that of the pioneers. But since the phrase “pioneer poets” has often been used of writers of English expression like Osadebay, Casely-Hayford and Dei-Anag, we should point out that our “pioneer phase” also includes Negritude poets of French expression. The poetry of this phase is that of writers in “exile” keenly aware of being colonials, whose identity was under siege. It is a poetry of protest against exploitation and racial discrimination, of agitation for political independence, of nostalgic evocation of Africa’s past and visions of her future. However, although these were themes common to poets of both English and French expression, the obvious differences between the Francophone poets and the Anglophone writers of the 1930s and 1940s have been generally noted. Because of the intensity with which they felt their physical exile from Africa, coupled with their exposure to the experimental contemporary modes of writing in F

EDUPEDIA247

Search This Blog