By Zika Bobby
Fortune has 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, personal assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Special Duties, has promised to help her further her studies.
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.
Beside offering her a scholarship, Yusuf also paid for hostel and school fees in a popular fashion academy in Lagos as it is her dream to polish her tailoring skills before admission.
Blessing, who turns 17 years in two months, had sat for the UTME last year scoring 265, after acing all her subjects at the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination but narrowly missed her admission to the University of Lagos to study for a B.Sc in Business Administration.
Overwhelmed with joy this time, Adetutu said she never expected the recognition and the rewards that have been coming her way on account of her academic performance.
“It was 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.
On her success nuggets, she advised others to work, plan and pray and also believe in themselves.
Her mother, Mrs. Temitope Osoba, who is a petty trader, expressed profound gratitude to God for crowning her daughter’s efforts with a resounding success.
“We are very proud of her. We are very happy, indeed. It is the Lord’s doing and it is marvellous in our sight. We also appreciate Mr Yusuf for his kind gestures. We appreciate and we love him more. We pray for him that God should grant him all his heart’s desires and may God continue to bless him. We truly appreciate him,” she said.
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.