Interview: “My Mum Danced When She Heard I bagged First Class,” Nigerian Man Speaks

Nigeria’s brilliant engineering graduate Olowookere Victor has revealed that his mum was extremely happy and proud of him when she heard that he graduated with first class.

Victor went viral last week when he revealed that he not only had 8 As in WAEC but also graduated with first-class honors in Engineering.

An academic feat that attracted a US organization to give him a scholarship offer in the United States.

In an interview with LEGIT.ng, Victor spoke about his academic life and activities in school, his future plans, and what Nigeria needs to do to solve its power problem.

He revealed that his academic life was not just about books as it was “a bit blended”. He was involved in a lot of other activities.

On how he reads, he stated that he is not the “everyday reading type” and whenever he sat with his books, he always did so in the morning. To make sure he excels in his exams, the young man never jokes with any lecture-free week to prepare for his papers.

Feranmi stated that he got a total of nine undergraduate scholarships while he was in school. Among them was the much-coveted Total scholarship. Apart from that, he said: “…I also got awards such as best student in 400 level of my department, best research project in my department, and so on.”

Victor also revealed that comes from a family of well-read people. His mother is a school principal. His dad works as a banker and estate surveyor.

In his words: “Two of my siblings are medical doctors and one is a top HR professional. So I had to keep the standards high. And they were really happy when they heard about it.

“My mum just kept on dancing and my dad was really proud of me. And that’s something I really cherish.”

Talking about Nigeria’s power problem, he said:

“Nigeria is vastly blessed with resources but is not fully utilizing it. And Statistics show that our energy index correlates in a negative slope with our consumption. This means that in the next coming years, we would be having a very high energy demand but very low energy available.

“We need to expand the energy sector to accommodate alternative forms of energy. This would attract more private investment, increase generation and improve power supply to the Nigerian populace. This is not to say fossil fuels should be scrapped. But to cater for the alarming energy demands of Nigeria, we need to accommodate and commercialize more energy sources.”