Meet Lady Who Balanced Marriage, Motherhood, and Emerged University's Best

Cursory: Tijani Oluwatoyin, a young woman who has overcome many challenges and achieved academic excellence.

“Secret to life is finding the right balance to everything you do.”

Striking a right balance in everything you do is essential for life. You don’t give one spheres of your life the greater energy and then let others die. There should be a striking balance.

Though challenges like procrastination, weariness, faint-hearted, and lots more might encumber you, but you’ve strike on.

Tijani Oluwatoyin Naheemah Is a young woman who understands the place of balance in life. Despite the challenges, yet, she achieved her desired result.

Tijani overcame many challenges and achieved academic excellence.

She is the Overall Best Graduating Student of the 2020/2021 academic session at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), where she studied Nutrition and Dietetics.

She graduated with a CGPA of 4.90/5.0, making her one of the most outstanding student to attain such a great feat in the school history.

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Tijani was born into a low-income family who resides in Egbeda, Lagos.

In an interview with Legit.ng, she said:

“My academic journey started at Christlead Nursery and Primary School in Lagos, then I proceeded to Unique Progressive College located at Sango, Ogun state.”

“I took my first jamb in 2015 and applied for Nursing at the University of Ibadan and Science Laboratory Technology at Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH).

“Unfortunately, I didn’t meet up with the cut-off for both. Then, the journey to YABATECH began as I obtained a change of course form to study Nutrition and Dietetics. I obtained my National Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics as one of the Best Graduating Students in the department with a CGPA of 3.79/4.0. Then I gained admission into Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, through Direct Entry.”

Tijani mentioned that one of the challenges she had was balancing balancing marriage, motherhood and education, but was able to overcome it due to her determination.

She was determined to be among the top students in her department and did not let anything stop her from achieving her goal.

Tijani attributes her academic success to several factors, such as time management, setting achievable goals, good study habits, and avoiding procrastination.