Firewood seller’s Son Graduates Top of His Class with 4.98 CGPA in Ibadan

• Uthman Oloyede, lad of a firewood seller and secondary schoolhouse teacher, graduated arsenic the champion pupil from Abiola Ajimobi Technical University with a 4.98 CGPA
• After 5 failed attempts astatine securing assemblage admission, helium yet earned a assistance and excelled academically
• Oloyede’s affectional convocation speech, delivered astatine the combined 3rd and 4th convocation ceremony, moved the audience

Uthman Olayede, the lad of a firewood seller and a secondary schoolhouse teacher, has emerged arsenic the champion graduating pupil astatine Abiola Ajimobi Technical University (AATU), with an awesome Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.98 retired of 5.00.

Olayede, a postgraduate of Physics with Electronics from the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, was honoured astatine the university’s 3rd and 4th combined convocation ceremonial held connected Friday successful Ibadan.

Uthman was the Amir of the Muslim students' nine astatine Tech-U.
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Uthman failed to unafraid admittance 4 times

Addressing the gathering during his valedictory speech, the first-class postgraduate recounted a hard world travel marked by aggregate admittance failures, fiscal hardship, and relentless perseverance.

“I sat for UTME 5 times earlier I was yet admitted. It was pugnacious watching others determination guardant portion I stayed behind,” helium said.

Oloyede yet secured admittance to Tech-U connected a assistance provided by the Lagelu Local Government Area, which helium credited for changing the people of his life. He besides acknowledged the Oyo State Government for creating acquisition opportunities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

“I americium the lad of a dedicated teacher and a hardworking pistillate who sold firewood. Today, I basal arsenic a testament that nary inheritance is excessively humble for excellence,” helium said to a lasting ovation.

Throughout his world career, Oloyede maintained outstanding show - earning 55 A’s and lone 2 B’s, and achieving a cleanable 5.0 GPA successful six retired of 8 semesters, including 5 consecutive terms.

Uthman led Muslim students' relation connected campus

In summation to academics, helium held enactment roles wrong the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), serving arsenic Ameer and Chairman of the Education Committee successful his last year.

Uthman had lone 2 B's passim his enactment n university. Image: FB/Uthman Uthman Olayode
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He credited his engagement successful field enactment for processing subject and clip absorption skills.

Olayede was besides a recipient of the Federal Government Scholarship Award (FSB), the MTN Foundation Scholarship, and the Oyo State bursary during his clip astatine the university.

The convocation was attended by salient personalities including the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Bayo Lawal, who represented Governor Seyi Makinde; the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin (represented by Chief Adegboyega Adegoke); AATU Chancellor, Dr. Tunde Afolabi; Governing Council Chairman, Dr. Kazeem Adeduntan; and Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adesola Ajayi.

In closing, Olayede urged the Nigerian authorities and backstage institutions to put much successful acquisition and younker development, stressing that “brilliance exists everywhere, but accidental does not.”

He is expected to statesman the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme aboriginal this twelvemonth and has expressed involvement successful furthering his acquisition and contributing to probe and innovation successful Nigeria.

UNIBEN champion pupil gets N5k currency prize

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a young man, Ogheneochuko Okpako, emerged arsenic the best-graduating pupil successful his section astatine the University of Benin (UNIBEN).

Okpako studied Mechanical Engineering and graduated with a cumulative people constituent mean (CGPA) of 4.80/5.0.

In a station connected his X leafage (@Okpako_O2), the young antheral revealed that he got N5,000 as a currency prize for emerging arsenic the best-graduating pupil successful his department.

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