Though this piece is coming late but i must put it up still. I got
the news of Ayodele Daniel Dada's shocking
5.00 CGPA with some goose pimples. This is because I myself am a
student and I know what it takes to achieve such fit especially in a
Nigerian university where corruption through bribery is a
common occurrence. It is a common thing here in Nigeria as either
lecturers demand for the offer or the students themselves initiate it. On
many occasions where the student is doing well, some lecturers take
it as a slap on them that such a student feels he/she can pass their
courses without their (the lecturers) help. Also, the achiever of this great
fit is not from the pure sciences but from the Social Sciences. Students from
the pure science has always been the ones with the top grades due to the
preciseness of their field of study.
The
case of Ayodele has proven many things:
- The Nigerian universities
are improving. I said this because if it was in the past (like I
said before) one lecturer wouldn't mind to be a wall of Jericho standing
before Ayodele Daniel Dada from making such a rare
history.
- Any student of
the Arts, Social & Management Sciences can actually make as much high
grade as possible. Many students in these faculties has always doubted
this.
- The Western
Nigerian (YORUBAs) still has the best crop of academic wealth in Nigeria
(if not the entire Africa). Before you attack me please, I am not even
from this region but it’s a statement of fact that needs no big research
to prove.
- There are still students
passionate about education and their career even in this present day of
social media distraction. These days, it’s either a student is tweeting,
facebooking, whatsapping, skyping or pinging and this tells on such a
student’s grades.
Now
the BIG issue. The reward system of Nigerians and Nigerian governments. I read
that some amount of money was given to the young man. He won the Vice Chancellor’s award for the
best graduating student, worth N600,000 and N500,000 from the UNILAG Alumni Association. I laughed when I noticed that it is
a meager amount of money. Don’t even go “at all at all na witch” on me. This
fit demands more than “at all at all na witch”. What happens if the University offer
him scholarship for his Masters? What happens if MTN, GLO, ETISALAT, AIRTEL,
ZINOX, THE BANKS, etc endorses this rare gem as an ambassador? What if he gets
a presidential merit award? What if the federal or his state government sponsors
him to further his education in a topnotch university somewhere in the world?
I
must go with Freeze of CoolFM on this one. Where I come from, I was told not to
ignore a good message just because it is coming from a bad messenger. I don’t know
if this Ayodele
Daniel Dada dude trended on twitter. If he ever did, he should again until
something worth more than a meager 1million naira is done for him. If we could
make #LeaveTrashForLawman, #back2back, #psquare, #OgaAtTheTop and other trivial
issues trend on twitter and other social media platforms, then this should
trend too.
I
use this medium to call on top bloggers and social media heavy weights like
Linda Ikeji, Bella Naija, Sen Ben Bruce, Omojuwa etc to join Freeze on this journey
of making Ayodele
Daniel Dada an academic celebrity. We have had enough of the music, movie, and
fashion celebrities.
Let's do this. It is #RewardAyodele5.00CGPA
Some
people reading this might ask, “What do I stand to gain if this guy is hugely rewarded?”
In answer to that as a typical Nigerian that I am, I ask back: “What did you
gain in other trends you have promoted at `one time or the other?
I
welcome the bashings!
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