Lagos State Polytechnic
Started on Jun 2017
- Level:
- Undergrad 1st Year
- Department:
- Department of Mass Communication
- Faculty:
- Faculty of Media
- Current CGPA:
- 2.80
- Location:
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Lagos State
- State of Origin:
- Ondo
Wants ₦18,000
I need the money to augment my school fees. The fee is actually 50,000 Naira, but I've been able to save 32,000 by working shifts, driving tricycle, working as a labourer etc.
I lost my dad about a year ago and my mom sells petty things. She really wish she could help me, but I know she's incapacitated. The proceeds from her trade hardly even is enough for feeding.
After losing my dad, and seeing that things were becoming difficult, I wrote the school authority to allow me convert from the full time program I was to a part time. My request was turned down at the first attempt. On a second attempt, it was approved even though the school rarely does this. By being on a part time program, I have been able to do menial jobs with which I have fed myself and my mom, as well as save up for my tuition. This was how I have saved 32,000 Naira out of the 50,000 Naira tuition.
If the deadline were not so close, I would still have worked my bones to raise the remaining balance.
Here are the student's answer to the following questions:
- What are your career aspirations?
- To be one of the best and finest journalists in Africa.
- What challenge motivates or inspires you?
- As an only child, I have always wanted to be everything to my parents. Loosing my dad about a year ago made me thought I had lost it all. But remembering how lucky I am to still have my mother around makes me stand back on my feet.
- Who is your most important mentor, and why?
- My mother. She has been through a lot in her life, yet she has refused to let life put her down.
- Which inspirational figure/person, real or fictional, has influenced you the most?
- Dele Momodu
- What is your personal mantra?
- Never give up.