My Mum Sold Her Clothes To Pay My WAEC Fees – Young Man With ND, BSc, MSc, MPhil & PhD Degrees

A Nigerian man identified as Kolawole Babatayo, after bagging his Ph.D. degree has shared a heart-touching story of how his mother, Aduke sacrificed everything for him to study.

Babatayo who celebrated his academic achievement on LinkedIn revealed that his mother made a lot of sacrifices in other to raise him and pay for his WAEC fees back in 1997. 

He lamented that his mother who is now late was not able to see how far he has made it in life haven bagged five academic degrees.

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In 2001, the academician started his tertiary institution at Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti where he graduated with distinction. Then in 2004, he went to the University Of Benin (UNIBEN) where he graduated with a second-class upper in 2006.

Five years later, he went to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) where he obtained his Masters Degree in 2016.

He still didn’t stop there. He again went to Babcock University where he obtained his Masters of Philosophy (M.Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2020 and 2022 respectively.

Sharing his story on LinkedIn, he wrote: 

“Maami Aduke……I remembered how you were forced to trade off your clothes when you were unable to pay back the loan you took to pay my WAEC fee in the year 1997. I did promise you that I would strive to get to the summit of my educational journey.” Kolawole said he has been able to fulfill his promise to his mother. 

He said: “The promise, by the GRACE OF GOD has been fulfilled today. Your SON has now been officially hooded and conferred with a Doctorate Degree in Accounting. Unfortunately, the cold hand of death didn’t allow you to witness this day.”

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CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL, Legit