Graduating student set to break OAU’s 28-year-old record

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Graduating student set to break OAU’s 28-year-old record

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A 28-year-old student, Aarinola Olaiya, is set to break a 28 years old record at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Ms. Olaiya is expected to graduate with distinction and emerge the 2017 overall best student from the medical school of the university, one of Nigeria’s oldest universities.

She will thus become the first person to graduate with distinction in Surgery from OAU since 1989. The Ife University Medical Students Association, IFUMSA, disclosed the superlative feats of Ms. Olaiya via Twitter during the weekend. “Aarinola Olaiya becomes the 1st Student in 28yrs to have a Distinction in Surgery at the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, OAU, Ife. Congrats!” tweeted OAU Medical Students Association via its handle @IfumsaOau

John Owotade, now a professor, graduated with distinction in Dentistry in 1989. It is however not immediately known if Mr. Owotade’s 1989 achievement covered the whole College of Health Sciences, like Ms. Olaiya’s in 2017. The President of IFUMSA, Matthew Kayode,who 3 Ms. Olaiya told PREMIUM TIMES he would check the faculty’s records on Monday. The graduation ceremony where Ms. Olaiya is expected to be formally announced and receive her accolades is set to hold in December.

“It is about determination, dedication and grace,” Ms. Olaiya told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday. “I am happy!”