Shaibu Ojonugwa Favour; Kogi Teen With Many Distinctions in WASSCE »

Even as the year 2020 remains the most turbulent period in recent history of human existence with the Nigerian economy currently crumbling, the educational sector would not stop singling out its best of the best giants.

Coming after Miss Ogwubie Chikemzi Praise who reports had it that she made 9 As in the 2020 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination results released in November, is a 17-year old Igala born Miss Shaibu Ojonugwa Favour who has just been confirmed to have also made 7 distinctions in her WASSCE papers.

Favour who hails from Ibana in Okpo, Olamaboro Local Government area of Kogi State, graduated from Global College, Ojokodo in Ankpa where she came out with 5As and 2Bs – a number of distinctions that is hardly heard of in that school.

In her subjects combination, Favour was able to hit Food and Nutrition Studies with A, Civic Education A, Mathematics A, Animal Husbandry A, Chemistry A. While Physics and Biology came out Bs and English very good.

Recall that Legit.ng reported that a 16-year-old girl identified as Ugboaja Chizobam Stephany emerged as the best WAEC candidate of 2019 after scoring As in all the subjects she sat for.

According to the report, Chizobam who hails from Imo state and graduated from a school in Port Harcourt was said to have received 100% scholarship to study abroad by a Nigerian living in the diaspora.

Nigerians have been urged to sponsor and encourage set of girl-child like Favour, Praise and Chizobam to get the best of education as the future of the nation rests on the shoulders of such emerging academic giants.