In the heart of Nigeria, a young lady named Oluwafunmilayo Oni beat 51,840 applicants to win a UK and Ireland scholarship.
Despite the challenges she faced, Olufunmilayo remained steadfast in her commitment to excellence, graduating with a remarkable second-class lower degree.
Her perseverance paid off when she stumbled upon two prestigious scholarships- the United Kingdom’s Chevening Scholarship and the Irish Government Scholarship.
Both scholarships were highly competitive, attracting thousands of applicants from around the globe.
She wrote: “For years, I doubted my ability to bag any scholarship for my Master’s degree because many scholarships granting organizations often stated clearly that they would rather a minimum of 2:1 (second-class upper).”
She recalled that she once applied for a scholarship opportunity and was told that her leadership experience was superb and excellent but she did not meet the academic criteria because of her Bachelor’s degree grade.
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Nigerian lady wins scholarship and gets masters degree after losing father at 4
Meanwhile, Solace Ojotule, a young Nigerian lady who had a tough childhood earned a masters degree after being awarded a Mastercard Scholarship to study in the UK.
Solace narrated how her father’s family abandoned her and her four sisters after his death, leaving them to go through very difficult times financially because her mother had no male child.
Her mother had a hard time putting them through primary school, and she couldn’t go to secondary school initially because of insufficient funds.
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