NIGERIAN RULERS, A DISAPPOINTMENT TO NIGERIA ACADEMIC SECTOR: Friends, let’s look into this issue: "How supportive Nigerian rulers are, to Nigerian youths in academic sector". I believe our rulers are so amazing in this direction, right? Good! At least, they have provided facilities needed to assist in achieving an academic excellence in Nigeria, this is very wonderful! Psychologically, morally, environmentally, and financially, government has been so supportive of Nigerian students; who will ever doubt this? Nobody! However, the tremendous efforts Nigerian rulers are inputting into Nigeria educational sector are now in the “Guinness Book of Records”, after all, their children are not even studying in Nigeria to pass through this hell Nigerians are passing through. Notwithstanding, the “Spirit of Pull Him Down Syndrome”, as being used by these rulers against Nigerian students, Nigerians are still doing exploits. Both, academically and otherwise, Nigerians are naturally endowed and always have a lead in various areas of life endeavors. And we are proud of Nigerians. I was in a company of a friend yesterday who was coming back from a meeting with the Nigerian who made the best academic result “First Class” at Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of London, 1998/99, Mr Osita Onuma. During our discussions, I reminded myself how Nigerians are making Nigeria proud in every sector, but what do we get from Nigerian rulers? Mr Osita Onuma, an alumnus of University of Nigeria, Nsuka was the overall best graduating postgraduate student at Imperial College and the entire University of London with an aggregate of 98.85 on a 100-point scale in 1998/99. During his days as undergraduate student in University of Nigeria, Nsuka, Mr Onuma scored 4.96 out 5 points, notwithstanding the frosty environment of Nigeria educational sector. What surprises me mostly was, the Nigerian President, as of the time, Olusegun Obasanjo, requested Mr Onuma to call personally on him in Abuja whenever Onuma returns to Nigeria for a personal congratulation and also directed Nigeria’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Prince Bola Ajibola to attend the University’s convocation where Onuma would deliver a valedictory address as the best student. Then, you ask yourself: From Obasanjo’s era, till date, what improvement have we got in Nigeria educational sector? As we are looking into this, friends, let’s read other Nigerians who have also excelled both in academic and also in various professions in UK. Paula and Peter Imafidon (twins) set a new world record in Mathematics and schools admission examination in the UK, when they passed A/AS level mathematics papers at the age of seven in 2009. Chidera Ota, a 16 year old Nigerian girl who studied Latin twice a week in her lunch break, at Highsted Grammar School, Sittingbourne, Kent bagged 15As in her GCSEs in August 2010. Miss Ota achieved the grades in English literature and language, maths, statistics, French, German, Latin, history, sociology, chemistry, biology, physics and an IT qualification to gained a scholarship to attend King’s School, Canterbury, where she will study chemistry, physics, biology, maths and further maths A-levels. Paul Ogheneovo Brume scored 100 per cent in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Economics, and Christian Religious Studies in the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) in June 2011. Anu Omotunde-Young, economics student at the Lancaster University Management School won second place in The Economics Network Student Challenge 2011, a national competition for economics students in the UK. Olalekan Oshunkoya, a Nigerian master’s student at Coventry University, United Kingdom was elected as the Vice President University’s students’ union barely six months after joining the university, beating three other contestants to win the election. Achievements of Nigerian Students in the Diaspora: Asaolu olubusuyi oladeji was honored by the Nigerian High Commissioner and the Nigerian Government with the Achievement Award as a Top Nigerian Achiever in the ICT category in 2009. He was recognized for achievement of excellence in contributing to the development of ICT in South African. Busuyi is a citizen of Nigeria who has been living in South Africa for the past 9 years. Dr Ifeolu Omoniyi Akintunde, since 1990, Ifeolu has been in Lancaster. He has completed his master’s and doctorate studies in international relations at the University of Lancaster, and has spent the rest of the time pursuing his three main areas of interest, disability awareness, international students and international relations. His interest in disability stems from his visual impairment. In 1989, he was vice president of the Old Students’ Association of the Pacelli School for the blind, (OSAPS) a forerunner to the disability campaign in Nigeria. He first learned to use the computer in 1992, relying mainly on his touchtyping skills. At that time, he was on a disability awareness course at Lancaster and Morecambe College. Dr. Akanimo Odon, a multi award winner, including the British Council International Student in the whole of UK for 2006, he is well groomed entrepreneur with enterprise development certifications from Judge Business School of Cambridge University, UK and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and an International Fellowship Award from Stanford University Business School, he thrives on delivering business excellence Dr. Justice Akpan, the country director of XN Foundation, Canada, is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Decision Sciences. He graduated with a PhD from Lancaster University Management School in 2006, and a Master’s degree in Software Development from School of Information and Engineering Systems, Leeds Metropolitan University in 2001. Dr Bamidele Adebisi received his MSc in Advanced Mobile Communication Engineering and PhD in Broadband Communications from Lancaster University, UK in 2003 and 2009 respectively. Before that, he obtained a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1999. He was a delegate at the 2007 Enterprisers Programme organized by the MIT, USA and University of Cambridge, UK. From June 2007 to Dec 2008, he was a Business Development Consultant for the Grow Creative Scheme under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). He has over 11 publications and a patent in the research area of high-rate data communications over power-line network. Dr. Abel Adegoke won the British Council scholarship award as the best candidate in the Part 1 of GP exams in 1994. He came to the UK on this award in 1996 to train in General Practice. He has been working as a GP since he completed his training in 2000. In April 2003, he was appointed a GP Principal and Partner at the Gladstone Medical Centre, Birkenhead, Wirral, and Merseyside. Dr Adegoke is also a GP undergraduate Tutor for Medical Students from the Liverpool University and as a GP Trainer; he supervises the training of doctors in postgraduate training in General Practice. Professor John Durodola is an Assistant Dean in the School of Technology at Oxford Brookes University where he is also the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. The Motorsport Engineering programmes in his Department are particularly well recognized internationally and are award winning. Professor Durodola completed his BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1982 at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he obtained the prize for the best student in his class. His PhD research on “Continuous Boundary Elements for Potential Problems” was carried out at Imperial College, University of London between 1987 and 1990. He subsequently joined the Oxford Centre for Advanced Materials and Composites, University of Oxford, as a Post Doctoral Research Assistant until 1994. While at the centre, he worked on the modeling of the mechanical behavior of metal matrix composite materials. Since then, he has had the privilege of working on research projects with a good number of major companies on advanced materials engineering and modeling for automotive, aerospace and power plant industry applications. Nigerians are doing exploits!
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:44:13 +0000
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