Mrs Elizabeth Orefuwa, the overall best
graduating student of the Lagos State University,
Ojo, was delivered of a baby girl barely a day
convocation ceremony.
29-year-old Orefuwa graduated with a
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.74
at the university’s 21st convocation held on
Wednesday, March 22.

The new mother said she felt the contraction
just before the convocation and was scared if
the baby would deny her the opportunity of
participating in the graduation.
“I was having contraction and was
scared that the baby might come before
the convocation. I told God to take
control because I wanted to experience
the convocation and God took control
until I got home. It was when I got home
that it started again and my husband
took me to the hospital where I gave
birth at about 1. 00 p.m. on Thursday,’’
Orefuwa said.As earlier reported by LIB,
the Accounting graduate revealed that
she wrote the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation (UTME) 7 times before
gaining admission into the university in
2012.

“I also applied for direct entry three times
at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-
Ife. During this period of waiting, I started
professional career at the Institute of
Chartered Accountancy of Nigeria (ICAN)
in 2007 and became qualified as an
Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) in
2010,” she said.
She however did not relent in her efforts to
acquire a university education because she was
determined and her father also motivated her.

“My aim is to get my first degree
certificate after several years of waiting
and to satisfy my dad, who has been
insisting on academic certificate before
professional certificate. He would always
say to me then that I have put the cart
before the horse. However, what kept me
going was self-belief, focus and
determination bearing in mind that I am
not competing with others but with my
own capabilities.”
Orefuwa got married in her final year in 2015.
She intends to teach accounting and also
practice accounting as a profession.

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