President Bola Tinubu’s Personal Assistant on Special Duties, Kamorudeen Yusuf, has awarded scholarship to 16-year-old Sodiq Shoyode who scored 360 in the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Sodiq’s achievement went viral on social media, drawing widespread commendations.
Besides studying for Mechanical Engineering, Sodiq wants to learn Back End Software Development before proceeding with his varsity admission.
Yusuf, who received the news of Sodiq’s brilliant performance was so impressed that he reached out to the family to support him, by pledging to provide a laptop for Sodiq to learn in a top digital academy in Lagos and also support his university education.
In a chat, Sodiq who hails from Ado-Odo council, in Ogun State, said: “I have always had the goal of scoring 360 and above in JAMB since I was in SS1 and I’m glad I was able to achieve my goal.”
Sodiq credited his success to consistent study habits and practice tests. “I did a lot of practice tests and recorded my progress weekly to know the areas I need to improve on,” he said.
The young scholar, overwhelmed with joy over news of his good fortunes, expressed gratitude to his parents and benefactor.
Yusuf recently awarded N10 million scholarships to some kids in Lagos.