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GREAT ACHIEVEMENT! Nigeria Girl Bags PhD At 25
She’s young and imbued with the spirit of excellence. 25-year-old Opeyemi Sodipe set a new record during the 10th convocation of the Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State on Sunday as she became the first graduate of Babcock to bag a PhD at 25.Miss Sodipe bagged a PhD in Business Information. According to her growing up story, as she narrated, she had a bad academic start. She was a dullard until an incident changed this when she was in JSS3 at King’s International School in Ibadan, Oyo State.
“I cannot describe myself as an average student when I was in primary and junior secondary school. I was a dullard. But this changed when our literature teacher in JSS 3 gave us a test and I failed woefully. The infuriated teacher while distributing our scripts just threw my own at my face and abused me. She called me olodo (an academic non-performer) and I was greatly embarrassed in front of my classmates. I wept till I reached home,” she stated.
On getting home, she told her mother about the ‘insult’ unleashed on her by her teacher. But to her surprised, her mother too scolded her. However, her mum did what a responsible parent should do: “She later encouraged me to buckle up. She said my teacher’s action should be seen as a wake-up call. I took the advice and prayed to God to give me wisdom that night and everything changed when I got to SS1. I always emerged as one of the best in my class till I left the school in 2002,” she said.Since then, this Ogun State-born lady has not looked back. She gained admission to BU in September 2002 and graduated in 2006 as the best graduating student in her class. Also at the University of Ibadan, while studying for her Master’s degree, she emerged the second best graduating student with a score of 69 in 2010. The best graduating student in her class then made 69.9.Her proud parents – Mr. & Mrs. David and Deborah Sodipe - who accompanied her to the convocation, said that God’s grace, discipline and sacrifice on their part were responsible for their daughter’s feat.
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Mrs Simbeye
June 5, 2012 at 11:25 am
Wow congrats
JONATHAN
June 5, 2012 at 11:35 am
Go girl!!!oh sorry congrats!!!!
intellectual
June 5, 2012 at 11:37 am
CONGRATS MAMA!
intellectual
June 5, 2012 at 11:39 am
emwana uyoo!
igwala gwala
June 5, 2012 at 11:51 am
i must marry you now!
Ntombafwe
June 5, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Cool brains there. Great achievement
METAL
June 5, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Congrats Young lady
lulu
June 5, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Girl power!!!…
kakolwe
June 5, 2012 at 1:00 pm
OK!
That report is sure to make any parent glad, very glad!
I hope teyaku Matero
Luck
June 5, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Men such are types of women to marry, u never go wrong.
NI ZEE!!!
June 5, 2012 at 1:03 pm
meaning she went to the University at the age of 15.. that is great!!!
Kasman
June 5, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Congratulations! Jealous down.
kangs
June 5, 2012 at 1:14 pm
congrats! I will b waitn 4 u swity! Nkakalyapofye ninshi chapwa kandi. Obviously takabumfwapo.
MUNYELO PWETE!
June 5, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Interesting! She must be a bookworm and definately following my footsteps! At 25 i was doing my second degree, at 29 i finished my second degree and a masters! At 30 i embarked on my Phd and completed at 34! VIVA DR MUNYELO PWETE!
ENGINEER
June 5, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Its a pity in Africa, calling that a great achievement. all the girl knows are academic theories and concepts founded way back. obviously she is looking forward to work ( doing same things daily) great achievers in life are not proffessors or PHD Holders but people who conceive and bring to reality great scientific, commercial, social etc ideas. e.g guys who discovered planes, cars, etc. after all the qaualification she has is just to make her buy bread and butter. we need people to do extra ordinary things to put africa on the map not academicians who are not useful.
GunnerME
June 5, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Er, thats called ‘loving the limelight’ lol. Congrats to the 9ja gurl, that’s stuff of legends!
Daniel
June 5, 2012 at 1:40 pm
wow, this is so inspiring. congratulations miss
GunnerME
June 5, 2012 at 1:53 pm
@ENGENEER I tend to agree with you. . .education without a meaningful end-product is nothing. Hopefuly the young lady makes it real big in life though because she deserves that!
Roughrider
June 5, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Congrats girl child,here in Zambia at UNZA our girls graduate with pregnancies,Syphillis and other STDs.
bazamuka
June 5, 2012 at 2:01 pm
wonderful, but on second thought it is nigeria. listen pipo even before reading the story I guessed that it can only be in nigeria. that is a country where u find a Dr, Dr, Dr something or prof., prof.prof. something-meaning one person with 9 PhDs. why coz they get them under crookedness. Just look at their universities, so small with no furniture let alone infrastructure. lecture rooms are like primary classrooms in zambia. High Schools like hillcrest, dk, chizongwe,chassa, kitwe boys,hellen kaunda, st mary’s (in chipata, lsk, livinstone), kabulonga girls/boys etc ie grade A schools can easily be ‘topclass’universities in nigeria.
GunnerME
June 5, 2012 at 2:04 pm
Er, @??? I bet you meant to say ‘witch doctor’ or rather respectfuly ‘traditional doctor’!
Barotse diaspora
June 5, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Just like i archieved that at 20 am 26
GunnerME
June 5, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Give credit where it’s due people. The girl worked hard & earned her grades! I went to school in Botswana & my former school Masunga Senior Secondary school north of Francistown had world class facilities & modern infrastructure making the over-rated UNZA look like a poor funded basic school. leakages in zed schools???!!!
ONETIME RELOADED
June 5, 2012 at 2:49 pm
I salute
nyatu
June 5, 2012 at 2:56 pm
may God bless u. You should remember me
GUN
June 5, 2012 at 3:00 pm
@Bazamuka,i like it.You’ve jst reminded me of kitwe boys.
mubanga
June 5, 2012 at 3:20 pm
TO TELL THE TRUTH,I HATE EDUCATION!
I SPENT YEARS IN SCHOOL
BUT COMING BACK FROM
SCHOOL,O MY FRIENDS WHO NEVER SAT ON THE DESK LONG ENOUGH HAVE MADE IT BIG!
CROWN IT O ,WHERE AM WORKING MY BOSS IS GRADE7 I MEAN (7).
HE GET MORE THAN I DO WHILE HOLDING ON TO A Degree!
edgar chibuta
June 5, 2012 at 3:34 pm
congrats my freind.wen we invest in education it z worthwhile and its only a fool who can demean such an achievement from a lady of such academic status.personally i get loans from microfin,bayport and blue financial institutions to finance my level 6 graduate diploma in purchasing and supply and it has not been easy to do so.MAYO MWABOMBENI AT 25 TO VE PHD ITS NOT EASY
ENGINEER
June 5, 2012 at 3:43 pm
@ mubanga, let me tell you one reality.. making more monry in life is not linked to how long you sit on the desk but on how you apply your self. if rely on working for people other than yourself you will remain an average man. this of somthing else to do to earn you more money than waiting on your salary.
Pulamasaka
June 5, 2012 at 3:43 pm
wow..nice one gal..all the best..are u married..?
MUCHEMWA
June 5, 2012 at 3:53 pm
MAY GOD BE WITH YOU ALWAYS
Rolina
June 5, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Take me on vacation anyone before and after I get married. sex with no strings attached
please! Lots of love Carolina Rodriguez, Liaison Officer/Slutty Protocol assistant at the High Commission of the republic of Zambia in Ottawa, Canada. I like really rich men only. I got surgical great perky boobs, tattoo on my hip, tattoo on left wrist, pierced clit. Come and get me!
thank you and keep inviting me to luxury hotels for personal services
iye lazy men, u’re that type who just talk but can’t act. men r weak wen it cums to sex. by the tym u’re f***g her ninshi u didnt evn no abt her piercin.utha wise men r weak piercin or not. u’d find it very hot & s*xy i promise. wiponta ukabwela.
Wanu Ngwee
June 5, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Postgraduate qualifications only make sense when obtained by people that have actually applied themselves in real life situations and can utilise them at work or on their businesses to enhance productivity or in poverty alleviation work. It’s good that she’s achieved it though – than to be roaming the streets at night or jumping from club to club like this other one who’s just died after sleeping with a dog!
Tume ya katiba
June 5, 2012 at 6:05 pm
NIGERIAN PHD!
Loh.
South African
June 5, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Engineer take note noone discovered or invented a car, and/or aeroplanes. These are inventions that came about after a conglomeration of various scientific thought. In fact governments played a role by funding such inventions and by bringing together scientists to work on the dream.
ziman
June 5, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Kalijo pa Zed!! Too much leakages poor facilities, low morale among teachers, Botswana tops all Countries in africa apart from South Africa. Senior secondary schools/ High sch infrastracture in Bots cant be compared to any college or University here pa Zed. Lets give credit where its due i wish my daughter can be the next.
Aden
June 5, 2012 at 6:54 pm
That’s a simple field I can study it all in 2 years…come to engineering, baby where we create. Anyway congratulations you are not like most of our b1tches here.
Kabs int'nl
June 5, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Congrats gal!
GunnerME
June 5, 2012 at 7:25 pm
@ziman, the problem with most zambians is that they like making comments based purely on ignorance at times. Take time to travel & see how other countries are doing. In Botswana most junior schools can easily be high schools here while senior schools can easily be universities here.
jamwi
June 5, 2012 at 10:15 pm
ba tufweko u forgot to mention that, that university is a Seventh-Day Adventist Univesity and that Phd student as an Adventist too. Am encouraging all blogers to enrol in Seveth-Day Adventists Schools and Universities in Zambia we have Rusangu University with state of the art infrastructure situated in Monze in the Southern Province. May God continue to bless u as u make that Decision.
msanawanzili
June 6, 2012 at 12:50 am
Eh bwana editor, you mean Nigerian PhD?
Zebige
June 6, 2012 at 2:25 am
Ebafyaika ukunyenga abaso.
Phd holder
June 6, 2012 at 11:32 am
@roughrider,lol.as for me i got it at 24yrs.@carolina have you heard umunobe,not ukulatontonkanya fwe pali sex waumfwa carolina?
Chungu
June 6, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Congrats. At what age did she start school?.. School certificate on average takes 12yrs. University Degree on average takes 3-4 yrs. PHD on average takes 3-5 yrs. Let us assume she started school at 5yrs. Logic. 5+12+4+4 = 25yrs.
ITS POSSIBLE…..
FM
June 6, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Indeed education is essential, but above all, the most important thing is WISDOM (Prov 4:7). Am not despising education,nor am I jeolousy of the Nigerian young PHD holder, but I just want to inspire someone.
I graduated from Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies (ZCAS) in 1999 with what was called MODULE F (final level at that time). I was one of the few students awarded for distinction. I worked briefly for a construction company and later studied for my Masters Degree in the UK. After that, I came back to Zambia and worked for a renouned company, which later went under. I received my terminal dues, which I squndered in beer drinking and bought a BMW. I became a destitute and later sold my vehicle and other belongings at a cheap price. My wife’s income was not enough to sustain us, therefore, we moved in to be kept by my brother-in-law (husband to my young sister), together with our baby. My brother-in-law would indirectly despise me and even threatened to divorce my sister for keeping me and my family. My wifes relatives also started encouraging my wife to divorce me.
I later met a former schoolmate from primary school who used to be very dull, whilst I used to shine with my No 1s or 2s. I discovered that he was proprietor of a number of successful businesses which included a milling compmany, a fleet of buses, etc. He was staying in a mansion in Lusaka’s top residential areas. Through interaction, I discovered that, he only reached Grade 12.
Upon learning about my situation, he offered me a job at one of his companies, which I declined because it was slightly lower for my qualifications and the other reason was pride of him being my boss. Preassure mounted from my brother-in-law and my wife’s family. I tried to look for a job, but failed, as you know the job situation in Zambia. I had no option but to take up that job from my former dull schoolmate – he became MY EMPLOYER. This job brought me up again as I was able to have my own accomodation.I later, after 4 years of working for him, joined the government as a civil servant, though I remain indebted to him forever.
THIS IS A TRUE STORY, I KNOW ON TUIMFWEKO WE LIKE COMMENTING FOR FUNNY, BUT AM SERIOUS.
The Bible says “…let he who has ears hear…”
Muoli
June 6, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Ba FM, you learnt the hard way. This has scared me!!!
mafinga man
June 6, 2012 at 1:06 pm
the girl burried her head in books for many year and am she no time for sex. what will happened is that she wiil get married to a man who has been sleeping with many women and she will be infectcted with aids.
elijah lema
June 6, 2012 at 4:45 pm
@mafinga man! Do you really stand at your wishes?am so scared of you man.
olyset net
June 6, 2012 at 4:50 pm
@tume ya katiba}kweli we critical!what’s wrong with nigerian Phd’s?you really mess the forum,you better go back to Jf,there’s a lot to do for Napes sake.