Cursory: Five Nigerian secondary school students have made their parents and nation proud as they built a car using local materials, despite the fact that people thought they were wasting their money.
A group of Nigerian secondary school students has shown people that being focused and blocking out critics can make one go far and achieve their goals no matter how impossible it seems.
The group, which comprised Yusuf Adeoluwa (16), Ali Abdul Azeez (17), Bankole Opeoluwa (17), Otunba Marcus Demilade (16), and Rojaiye Oluwamayowa (16), constructed a car and spoke about the process.
In an exclusive interview with Legit.ng, the team leader, Yusuf, said he came up with the idea of the car and had to share it with other members of his jet club.
The first setback the group faced in bringing the idea to fruition was the lack of funds. When Jerry Mallo made his car in 2019, he had the same problem. The group, however, did not allow that to dampen their resolve as they kept pushing.
In Yusuf’s words:
” I came up with the idea and met up with some of my classmates that are interested in engineering as we are members of our school (jet club), but we had financial issues. One of us then suggested we write a letter to our school’s old student association (AGSOBA) for sponsorship of the project.”
The letter they wrote to their school’s alumni rescued them as they bought their idea and quickly provided the needed fund.
After overcoming their financial challenge, getting people to see the significance of what they were trying to achieve was very hard.
“Some people can just come out of the blues and start saying ‘what nonsense are you guys making.’ It makes us feel discouraged sometimes….but we didn’t allow that to stop us. We just kept pushing on till we achieved our aim,” the team leader disclosed.
Yusuf added that many people told them that the project was just a silly way to waste money.
When asked about what he aims to achieve in the future, the team leader said he hopes to one day get a scholarship abroad and return to Nigeria to build the country.
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