Fortune has literally smiled on Miss Adetutu Blessing Osoba, from Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area, in Ogun state, who obtained an aggregate score of 309 in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), as Mallam Kamorudeen Yusuf, the Personal Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Special Duties, has promised to help her further her studies.
The young scholar, who is the first of three children in a family of five, came to the limelight in her neighbourhood, a boundary between Badagry and Ogun state, following her outstanding academic performance amongst her contemporaries.
According to a statement, Yusuf, who heard of her feat and was personally inspired by her devotion to studies and sacrifices, all in a bid to achieve her goal has pledged to see her through the university.
Besides offering her a scholarship, Yusuf also paid for hostel and school fees in a popular fashion academy in Lagos as it’s her dream to polish her tailoring skills before admission, the statement said.
According to her, “firstly, God did it and secondly, I was self-motivated to do more this year because UniLag did not give me admission last year. So that kind of motivated me to do more this time.”
Obviously overwhelmed with joy, Adetutu said in the statement that she never expected the recognition and the rewards that have been coming her way on account of her sterling academic performance.
“It was very, very unexpected because being in this part of the world, where no one remembers people without the right connections and influence, to be in the limelight is so very wonderful,” she said.
“We’re really grateful for the kind gestures shown by my benefactor, Yusuf, who has promised to sponsor my education and I want to assure him that he’s not going to regret it because I’m going to make him proud and proud and proud forever and ever,” said an elated Adetutu.
On her success nuggets, she advised other young people out there to work, plan, and pray and also believe in themselves. “You should know that you can always do better. Nothing is impossible for you.”
Expectedly, her parents are indeed proud of her for bringing them to the limelight, especially for the kind gestures of the public-spirited Nigerian who has pledged to fund her studies in the university.
The statement said her mother, Temitope Osoba, who is a petty trader, expressed profound gratitude to God for crowning her daughter’s efforts with a resounding success.
The statement said that , Yusuf had last week awarded a scholarship to Sodiq Shoyode, a 16-year-old who scored 360 in the recent UTME, and also from Ado Odo Ota in Ogun state.
