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Jones-Wonni And Nigerians Stride in Foreign Schools

OVER and over again, Nigerians have shown that they are capable of excelling in their various fields of endeavor. The event of Boubini Miyensinte Jones-Wonni, 22-year-old Nigerian lady and an Ondo State indigene who recently emerged the best graduating student from Howard University Medical Class of 2022 is another proof of this.

ACADEMIC track records of Boubini, born in Idoani, Ose Local Government to Arogbo-Ijaw in EseOdo Local Government, both in Ondo State, from the cradle speak loud about her inbuilt personality; that of a unique quality and discipline to focus on set objectives as a look at the history of her education shows a unique brand of focused and unrelenting academic star with a lifestyle of excellence.

RECORDS further revealed that at every turn in  her academic life, Boubini made it a policy to be at the top of her class and the best in every of her endeavors. From primary schools in Nigeria to the universities of the US, she has emerged the best in all the classes and the institutions she attended.

UPON  her record breaking achievement as the best graduating student at Howard University Medical School, Boubini was among the two members of the class accorded the privilege of admission to the prestigious Harvard University Medical School for residency (Post-graduate) training in Internal Medicine and also got the US citizenship. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has formally congratulated her and her family for this feat.

AS  a matter of fact, the case of Boubini is just one among thousands of Nigerians who  do exploits academically in diaspora as most universities abroad are always on the look out to offer admission to Nigerian talents. In  2012, a 22-year old Nigerian, Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, broke academic record at John Hopkins University where he emerged the best graduating student in the school with a grade point of 3.98 out of 4.0 in Neurosciences. Another Nigerian, Uwa  Osamede, who bagged a masters’ degree in microbiology from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in the United States made a 4.0 CGPA out of the maximum 4.0 CGPA. Osamede had earlier bagged a first class degree in Crop Science from the University of Benin, and was the Best Graduating student in her Department before she left for the United States.

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WE are also not unaware of Saheela Ibraheem who was named one of the World’s 50 Smartest Teenagers who the then US President, Barrack Obama met and commended her on this feat at a reception ceremony celebrating Black History Month. At age 15, Saheela was accepted into 13 different colleges in the United States some of which include; Harvard University, MIT, Cornell, Brown, Princeton, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania to mention just a few.

SHE  eventually decided to attend Harvard University which made her among the youngest students ever to attend such a prestigious institution. At one of the Howard University’s convocation in Washington DC, among the 96 graduating Doctor of Pharmacy candidates, 43 were Nigerians and out of 27 awards given, 16 were won by Nigerians.

ALL these attest to the fact that Nigeria as a nation is blessed with brains, intellect and potentials but the unfortunate aspect of it is that for reasons ranging from under-funding, incessant strikes, lack of infrastructure to mention just a few, the country’s educational system is not well positioned to tap into these brains.

THE most worrisome part of these is that Nigeria on a daily basis keeps losing her best to western nations as most of these Nigerians never come back after making such a great feat. For instance, Boubini and her offspring, and many others in her shoes have been lost to the United States permanently most especially looking at the fact that she has been granted the American citizenship. For those that tend to come back, they most often do not find it easy to utilize the trainings acquired abroad in fixing the problems we are faced with as a nation because the educational systems of those countries are culturally inclined to the environment they are, hence, principles learnt may not be applicable in Nigeria.

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AS  we rejoice with Boubini, her parents, the Ondo State Government and other Nigerians in diaspora who have made the nation proud for all their exploits abroad especially academics, we call on the government to fix our educational system as the nation can no longer continue to loose these geniuses to western nations when they can make valuable contributions to our country if only the environment for such can be provided.

WE  call on the government to handle with all seriousness matters that have to do with academics and most especially Nigeria Universities specifically with reference to the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other teaching and non-teaching staff members of Nigeria Institutions. By so doing, our educational system will be fixed and our youths will be encouraged to stay back and we will be able to produce graduates that will proffer lasting solutions to the myriads of problems confronting us.

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