A graduate of Project Management Technology, Lawal Ayilara, tells BIODUN BUSARI how he began his academic journey into making a first class with a CGPA of 4.97 and recently emerged as one of the best graduating students at Lagos State UniversityHow was growing up like?I grew up in Badagry. I came from a family where I knew my parents, siblings and some extended family members. My grandmum lived with us before she died. My father cherished education and always insisted we went to school even if we were ill.If I was ill, he would accompany me to school and give my medication to my teacher to let them know when I should use them. He would never let us sit at home. He was a civil servant before he retired, while my mum sold fish.How would you describe your schools?I started by attending a school owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God. It was a church but was used as a school during the weekdays. Later, I was taken to a private school where I did my primary and secondary education.After my first Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, I failed English Language. I sat the General Certificate Examination and didn’t pass English Language again. My dad would tell me that if I failed again, I should just forget about going to university. Then, I sat another SSCE, but I kept failing.How did you feel at that time?I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. How was growing up like?I grew up in Badagry. I came from a family where I knew my parents, siblings and some extended family members. My grandmum lived with us before she died. My father cherished education and always insisted we went to school even if we were ill.If I was ill, he would accompany me to school and give my medication to my teacher to let them know when I should use them. He would never let us sit at home. He was a civil servant before he retired, while my mum sold fish.How would you describe your schools?I started by attending a school owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God. It was a church but was used as a school during the weekdays. Later, I was taken to a private school where I did my primary and secondary education.After my first Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, I failed English Language. I sat the General Certificate Examination and didn’t pass English Language again. My dad would tell me that if I failed again, I should just forget about going to university. Then, I sat another SSCE, but I kept failing.How did you feel at that time?I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I grew up in Badagry. I came from a family where I knew my parents, siblings and some extended family members. My grandmum lived with us before she died. My father cherished education and always insisted we went to school even if we were ill.If I was ill, he would accompany me to school and give my medication to my teacher to let them know when I should use them. He would never let us sit at home. He was a civil servant before he retired, while my mum sold fish.How would you describe your schools?I started by attending a school owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God. It was a church but was used as a school during the weekdays. Later, I was taken to a private school where I did my primary and secondary education.After my first Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, I failed English Language. I sat the General Certificate Examination and didn’t pass English Language again. My dad would tell me that if I failed again, I should just forget about going to university. Then, I sat another SSCE, but I kept failing.How did you feel at that time?I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. If I was ill, he would accompany me to school and give my medication to my teacher to let them know when I should use them. He would never let us sit at home. He was a civil servant before he retired, while my mum sold fish.How would you describe your schools?I started by attending a school owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God. It was a church but was used as a school during the weekdays. Later, I was taken to a private school where I did my primary and secondary education.After my first Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, I failed English Language. I sat the General Certificate Examination and didn’t pass English Language again. My dad would tell me that if I failed again, I should just forget about going to university. Then, I sat another SSCE, but I kept failing.How did you feel at that time?I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. How would you describe your schools?I started by attending a school owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God. It was a church but was used as a school during the weekdays. Later, I was taken to a private school where I did my primary and secondary education.After my first Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, I failed English Language. I sat the General Certificate Examination and didn’t pass English Language again. My dad would tell me that if I failed again, I should just forget about going to university. Then, I sat another SSCE, but I kept failing.How did you feel at that time?I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I started by attending a school owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God. It was a church but was used as a school during the weekdays. Later, I was taken to a private school where I did my primary and secondary education.After my first Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, I failed English Language. I sat the General Certificate Examination and didn’t pass English Language again. My dad would tell me that if I failed again, I should just forget about going to university. Then, I sat another SSCE, but I kept failing.How did you feel at that time?I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. After my first Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, I failed English Language. I sat the General Certificate Examination and didn’t pass English Language again. My dad would tell me that if I failed again, I should just forget about going to university. Then, I sat another SSCE, but I kept failing.How did you feel at that time?I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. How did you feel at that time?I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I had three sittings before I passed English Language. During those periods, I was learning graphic design and engaging myself with computer literacy. I was doing it to make me forget the disappointment of failing. But I passed the last one.What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. What was your favourite subject?I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I loved physics a lot because it was a practical course. It was relatable; it’s a course that, even though you forget some things in theory, the practical aspect of it can help you. It could be visualised. It is what we engage in during our day-to-day life.For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. For instance, Newton’s first law of motion is a normal thing. A body will always remain at a particular place unless acted upon by an external force. If I keep something somewhere, it will always be there until somebody touches it. So, studying physics was easy for me because of its practicality.Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Did your love for physics inspire you to study project management?I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I studied Project Management Technology, but I did not choose it. LASU gave me project management, and I’m very happy about that. Initially, I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when I sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. It was my first choice. But when the screening and other admission processes started, I was offered admission into project management and I was given Stream 2, not Stream 1.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on GoogleWhat was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. What was the difference between the two streams?The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. The school fees for Stream 2 were more expensive than Stream 1. The reason was that students in Stream 2 learnt skills and did other practical activities such as web designing, digital marketing, and the rest. We attended our undergraduate courses between Mondays and Thursdays and went for skills on Fridays.How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. How did you feel at first when you were offered project management?Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Sincerely, I was sad because all I wanted to do was become an engineer. I even cried that day. I called my brother and told him about the admission. It was a provisional admission that indicated that if I wanted to reject it, I shouldn’t pay.My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. My brother spoke kindly to me and told me that I should accept it. Then he told my dad. My dad made some calls to people who are alumni of LASU, and they encouraged me that it was a good course.They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. They also advised that if I did well in 100-level, I could do an intra-university transfer and move from project management to mechanical engineering in 200-level with a good CGPA. That was what I had in mind, but I didn’t change when I got to 200-level.Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Was that the reason why you studied hard in 100-level?No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. No, that was not the reason. The reason why I studied hard was because of a visitation by a professor in the department to my class in 100-level. The professor said he had lectured for 15 years and ever since the Department of Project Management Technology was created, no graduate had made a first class.He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. He said he had built brilliant, intelligent graduates and they always came close to first class but never made it. He then charged us to do well and become employers of labour. He crowned it all by saying he would give N200,000 to the first person who made a first class.He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. He said he had produced different master’s and doctorate students. But the only thing that he had not produced in that department was a first-class student.What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. What were the things you did after these challenges?Related NewsDonors renovate LASU Law ClinicASUU shuts three Lagos varsities over unmet demandsASUU declares indefinite strike in LASU, other Lagos varsitiesI got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I got to work. So, from there, my friends and I started studying and looking for people who shared our vision. Eventually, I had a pattern of making friends in any department where I took their courses. I ensured that I had at least three friends in any department I went to take courses.For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. For example, when we went to the psychology department, there were students who had knowledge of clinical and industrial psychology. I moved closer to them. Our aim was for all of us to graduate with good grades. To God be the glory, all my friends made nothing less than 4.0.I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I’m very proud that my closest friend made first class. Eventually, we were not the first to break the 15-year departmental jinx. There was a guy in 400-level when we were in 100-level, who graduated with a first class and broke that jinx. Maybe my class was the second.What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. What was your CGPA?I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I got 4.97.What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. What were your success habits?There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. There’s no secret to it. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible for me. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends who saw the vision and got inspired. Having said this, I can say that the secret to success is about knowing what you want and having people who can help you achieve it.Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Sometimes, when I was tutoring my friends or they were the ones tutoring me, I would understand the courses better. So, they helped me succeed. Also, we went for night reading, like a month before others started. We did this for a month.Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Then, the first month before exams, we might just read for two hours on the first day, two hours on the second day; by the third day, we increased it to three hours, and we increased it like that until we had a maximum of six hours.We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. We read from 10pm to 4am and had a brief sleep before praying at 5am. After that, everybody went to their hostel to rest. In the morning, I found my way back to classes.What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. What was the biggest sacrifice you made to have a first class?I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I think my biggest sacrifice was my sleep. I did not sleep much during my school days. Maybe I only slept for three or four hours. After reading at night, I would go to school by 8am or 9am and I went back home after 10 hours to rest for two hours before the night reading. I only slept well during the holidays. So, the biggest sacrifice I made was denying myself good sleep.Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Were you distracted at any time?My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. My parents are disciplined and discreet. They have been like that since I knew them, so they didn’t let anything distract or disturb my studies. They made provisions for our money and foodstuffs. Even if there were times of little needs, I was encouraged to focus on my academics. If anything happened at home, they wouldn’t tell me until I got home during the holidays.I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I also had a level adviser and some lecturers I could run to for financial assistance when occasions demanded that. They were young lecturers, so my friends and I had some confidence to go to their offices for help whenever we had financial challenges.They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. They also kept advising and encouraging us. So, because of this, I wouldn’t have any distraction. In addition, if there were times my morale wanted to go down, my friends would motivate me, and I did the same for them. There were some who would cook food and invite me over to eat.Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Did you do any other activity outside your academics?I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I met a friend who sent me information about the Millennium Fellowship. He was a serious and brilliant guy studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering, so I took him seriously. He told me to apply for the programme. After I applied, I forgot, but out of the blue, I just got an email that I’d been selected and that I should continue with the second phase of the application.I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I was told that we needed some recommendation letters. So, I met my level adviser and another lecturer. My lecturer wrote the recommendation letter. I was asked to carry out a project; I was in 300-level at the time. I wanted to embark on a project that had to do with my environment in the hostel I lived in because it needed clean water.But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. But I couldn’t do it after I did my feasibility study at the time. So, I looked at my classroom and saw that there was a place where students dumped plastics and other things after eating. That propelled me to do Greener Lagos. I applied and was shortlisted to become a Millennium Fellow. I was one of the cohorts in my school.Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Later, I received another mail that I could apply as a campus director, but I didn’t because I was busy with my school work. When it was time for my project, I discussed with a lot of people at the faculty and the department on the need to clean our environment.Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. Many people embraced it. I also joined the clean-up team as a faculty member. We took pictures and videos to send to Millennium Fellowship as evidence. They invited experts to talk to us in webinars, and I had my certificate.How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. How did you feel when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented the monetary prize to you?I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. I was happy. I was excited for my parents for their sacrifices for me, especially my dad because he had three of his children in school at the same time. We finished at the same time and he never complained. There were times that I felt his pain in paying school fees, but he always met up to perform his fatherly roles.The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m. The same thing applied to my mum; she might not give a lot of money. She did her best for us to get foodstuffs. Since I don’t have any money to give them, I resolved that the prize would be given to them. So I was happy for them. I was happy for my friends too, who were saying they wanted to collect N20m.