An 18-year-old student of the Department of Accounting, Miss Faith Aduragbemi Olabisi, has qualified as a chartered accountant.
Miss Olabisi is one of the several candidates who were successful in the November 2024 professional examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
In a chat with UNILORIN Bulletin, Miss Olabisi said that it had always been her dream to become a chartered accountant as soon as possible.
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Miss Olabisi appreciated the support of her lecturers and mother who provided her with the necessary motivation needed to attain the feat at her age.
Mordover, speaking on this rare feat, the Ag. Head of the Department of Accounting, Dr Segun Abogun, said that he was very impressed with what he called “Miss Olabisi’s outstanding achievement”.
He explained that Miss Olabisi is one of the several students of the Department that passed the ICAN professional examinations last year.
Dr Abogun encouraged Miss Olabisi and her colleagues to continue to serve as role models to others for the Department to produce more chartered accountants among them even before they graduated from the University.
Reacting to the development, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, expressed delight with the laudable achievement of the “Unilorite.”
In a statement issued by the Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, the Vice Chancellor, who said that he was not surprised with the performance of Miss Olabisi, said that the University had always produced record-breaking professionals among its students, staff, and alumni.
The Vice Chancellor, who is also the Secretary-General of the Association of West African Universities (AWAU), explained that it is performances like that of Miss Olabisi and the enduring peace within the University that has made it the nation’s most sought-after.
Prof. Egbewole congratulated Miss Olabisi for making herself, her family, the University, and womanhood proud as he encouraged her to continue to give her best to her studies and to remain a shining role model not only in learning but also in character.
The Vice-Chancellor also encouraged other students of the University to emulate Miss Olabisi for them to also succeed in their academic and professional endeavours.
