Hard Work & Prayer Was Key Says Plumber’s Son Who Emerged FUTA’s Best Graduating Student

I know I can be what I wanna be, if I work hard at it, I’ll be where I wanna be – those are lyrics from the inspirational classic, ‘I Can’ by American rap legend, Nas, off the ‘God’s Son’ album.

Nurudeen Adegoke

Twenty-six-year-old Mr. Nurudeen Adegoke, who is the son of a plumber father and trader mother in Iseyin, Oyo State, must have listened to that song over and over again till it became his guiding principle as he emerged the overall best graduating student at the 24th convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, on Saturday.

Adegoke, who read Mathematics, glittered like gold at the occasion as he won other accolades and had to shake hands on different occasions with special guests and other principal officers of the university as he received his prizes.

Adegoke who revealed that the road to his success was rough and challenging, however said he had to put in personal efforts to get himself through his degree programme at FUTA.

He said, “I really worked very hard. No unserious student can survive the rigour at the Mathematical Science department from where I graduated. I was very prayerful too.

“Right from my first day in FUTA, I was determined, focused and diligent. I was humble too because humility is very essential in anything one is doing.

“I was at the Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, for my Ordinary National Diploma in Statistics. I got direct admission to FUTA, doing everything on my own.

“My dad is a plumber while my mother is a petty trader. I am really from a humble background. Being the first child of my family, I made up my mind to be serious and hardworking so that I could help my parents in taking care of the academic needs of my younger ones.

“I always had it at the back of my mind that I must pass very well if I really wanted my certificate to be useful to me and I was always prayerful and focused.

“I used to get involved in tutorials. I didn’t play with my academics. I am not sure I had any social life because I didn’t want any form of distraction,” Adegoke submitted.

He advised students to face their academics instead of engaging in activities that would not add value to their main reason of being in the university in the first instance.

 

2 COMMENTS

  1. Nice one. The principle behind it really is to believe in your self and b prayerful too. I remember when I was at the Federal Poly Ilaro. To God be the glory. My advise to all those who hide under the guise that they are from poor/humble homes, this is an example of I can do SPIRIT….

  2. All that is noble and laudable they said is to be achieved through pains, sorrow and difficulty, there is no other way to success in life, OSCOTECH Esa Oke is one of the best college of Technology not only among polytechnics but also University of Technology in Nigeria which has produced millions of Manpower in different sectors, she’s noted for her academic excellent and proactive lecturers, her products are easily admitted for further studies in University of Technology both home and abroad, i am proud to be a product of the Institution, forever she will remain my alma mata, long live Oscotech long live federal republic of Nigeria.