On Saturday, October 22nd, one of the graduands at the
University of Ilorin 32nd convocation ceremony, Yusuf Ololade Faidat, was the
center of attraction, as she clinched 19 prizes.
Faidat, who is in her early 20s, won the prize for the best
graduating student from the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences.
She received the prize of N20,000 awarded each session by the Senate to the
student adjudged to be the best in each faculty.
She also got another prize of N10,000, awarded by the Senate
to the best student in each department.
Faidat also took home prizes for best student in the
departments of Behavioural Sciences, Pathology, Community medicine, Paediatrics
and child health, Medicine, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and gynecology and
Surgery.
Also, out of the 12 endowed prizes and scholarships, Faidat
got 10 of them. While speaking to reporters, she attributed her success to the
Almighty and perseverance. “As a woman,
you can become whatever you want to be once you are persistent, irrespective of
a number of men around you. I read for about 4 hours every day,” she said.
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