A graduating student from the premier university in Nigeria has finally broken an academic performance record in the school.
Olayinka Olamide Sadiq
Olayinka Olamide Sadiq made history at the convocation ceremony of the University of Ibadan last week when he got eight out of 11 possible distinctions in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
According to The Nation, the 23-year-old indigene of Iragbiji in Osun State, beat the record of seven distinctions set some years back. He was also the overall best graduating student of the university.
Many at the convocation held at the International Conference Centre of the university were amazed when his name was called 31 times during the prize presentation. Sadiq’s lecturers and other university officials rushed forward to take pictures with him.
He said he knew he was going to lead his class, but not being the institution’s best.
“I knew I was going to do very well in the university, but being the best overall student of the year…sincerely I did not think of it. I had some B grades despite the fact that I still scored highest in those courses.
The number of distinctions attainable in the veterinary school, university of Ibadan is 11 and I made 8. The other three courses were B grades,” he said.