By Cosmas Omegoh
Blessing Fadairo is a Junior Secondary School Three (JSS3) student of Triple Crown College, a private school in Ketu, Lagos State.
Blessing has incredible writing and oratory skills, easy to notice.
At 13, Blessing is already bursting out as a literary person the world might be waiting for, writing poems with the ease of thrusting a knife through butter. But in spite of her gifts, she insists medicine will be her first love.
Days ago, Blessing got her passion for poetry off the starting blocks with the launch of her work, “Deep Insight on Poems.” She also handed out a promise that volume two of her collection was underway.
Blessing’s effort is an 84-page classic showcasing 67 poems – written in such a breezy, and hard-to-ignore style, a marvel from a girl of her age. The collection, so to say, is a masterpiece from a rising star.
The proprietress of the college, Mrs. Theresa Awolaja, and the management of the institution were so enamoured by Blessing’s audacity that they elected to assist her launch the book to encourage her and others.
Blessing presented the book in the school’s auditorium, full of her colleagues and guests. She got rewarded with some cash, approval from her fellow students, and much more, importantly, the reality that her efforts had been rewarded.
The reviewer of the book, Miss Peace Patrick, an SS2 student of the college said: “Deep Insight on Poem is an inspirational book recommended to any student, who wants to gain wisdom and understanding.”
In her comments, Blessing said: “The holy spirit alone gives me inspiration,” adding “I have never taken any lessons in writing before now.
“I simply sit down to write; I don’t know how it happens. That is why I say God alone is my inspiration. I return the glory to Him.”
She told our correspondent that from her days in the primary school, she had been writing. “Whenever I have this urge to write, I begin to jot down things.”
She recalled presenting her poems at certain fora, one of them being at Zonta, in Lagos. Zonta is a USA organisation that collaborates and promotes future leaders.
But despite her good showing, she maintains “I don’t want to limit myself to one passion. I will pursue other dreams. Writing is just one of them. I will pursue a goal in Medicine because my focus is to impact others.”
Mrs. Awolaja described Blessings as “such a gifted girl, adding, “since she started with us at JSS1, she has been writing poems. You cannot believe that she converts little things that happen to her to poems.
“I’m surprised that the girl invests a good part of her time in poems. I have regularly asked her if she would be a literary person, perhaps a journalist, but she insisted she wants to be a medical doctor.”
She promised that the school would encourage her to do more. “That is why we are lunching her book,” she said. “We are also using her to encourage all our students. She is a source of motivation to the rest of us, adding, “for what she has done, we are hoping to give her scholarship.”
The principal of the school, Mr. Don Ugbede, described Blessing as a “very articulate and quiet student – a very listening girl whose comportment is excellent. She has this endearing voice and she uses it very well.”
He recalled that “when she first showed me her collection, I was amazed at the way she writes. I suggested to her to compile the works into a book. Happily, she picked that up and the result is the book we are lunching today.
He disclosed that the school was prepared to journey with Blessing all the way by giving her all the support and exposure she required to attain her glory.
“She insists she wants to be a medical doctor; we will encourage her. There are a couple of medical doctors who are writers. One of them is a certain Tolu Ajayi. That is their passion. Being a doctor does not stop anyone who has literary gifts.
He described Blessing as a “star judging by the initiative she has taken, stating, “I will say she is exceptional.”