LASU Best Graduating Student Shares Secret To Success.
A married woman, Mrs Elizabeth Orefuwa, has emerged the best graduating student of the 2015/2016 set of Lagos State University (LASU) with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.74 in Accounting Education.
Speaking during the institution’s 21st convocation on Wednesday in Lagos, Mrs. Orefuwa said she wrote the JAMB’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) seven times before gaining admission.
She said that the journey through the institution did not come easy but with determination and motivation, she had a success story to tell.
The heavily pregnant graduate said: “The journey through the institution was not easy; it took me seven years of writing the UTME before I finally gained admission in 2012.
“I also applied for direct entry three times at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
“During this period of waiting, I started professional career at the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) in 2007 and became qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 2010,” Orefuwa said.
She said that her marriage at the beginning of her final year and the pregnancy condition did not affect her academic performance.
“I had a CGPA of 4.72 before marriage and I graduated with 4.74 point.
“I got married during my final year in 2015 and my husband was very supportive throughout that period.”
Although a chartered accountant, Orefuwa said she would love to teach and combine it with practising accounting profession. (NAN)
