An 18-year-old student at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Department of Accounting, Miss Faith Aduragbemi Olabisi, has qualified as a chartered accountant.
According to the university’s bulletin, the feat was described as a rare display of the superlative service delivery obtainable at the University of Ilorin.
The statement said that Miss Olabisi is among the several successful candidates in the November 2024 professional examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
Speaking on the development, Miss Olabisi said it had always been her dream to become a chartered accountant as soon as possible.
Miss Olabisi appreciated the support of her lecturers and mother, who motivated her to attain the feat at her age.
Also speaking on this rare feat, Dr Segun Abogun, the acting head of the Department of Accounting, said 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 who passed the ICAN professional examinations last year.
Dr Abogun encouraged Miss Olabisi and her colleagues to continue to serve as role models to others so that the department could produce more chartered accountants, even before they graduated from the institution.
Reacting to the development, the vice chancellor, Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, expressed delight with Unilorite’s laudable achievement.
In a statement issued by the institution’s director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, the VC said he was not surprised by Miss Olabisi’s performance and that the institution 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 performances like Miss Olabisi’s and the enduring peace within the university made it the nation’s most sought-after university.
Professor Egbewole congratulated Miss Olabisi for making herself, her family, institution 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 VC also encouraged other students of the institution to emulate Miss Olabisi for them to also succeed in their academic and professional endeavours.
