A Nigerian orphan named Islamiyat Oluwatoyin
Abdulkadir has emerged the best graduating medical
student at the International University of Africa in
Khartoum, Sudan in yet another accolade to the
country .
Orphaned since the age of six, Abdulkadir said her
outstanding achievement looks like a miracle to even to
her.
Sudan’s best medical student,
Abdulkadir
The Cable quotes her as telling the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview from Sudan that
not just her academic achievements but also her life in
general is a massive miracle since her father died when
she was around three years old and her mother when
she was six years old.
“My academic achievements so far, till today, seem like a
miracle to me. Not only that, my life as a whole is a pack of
miracles,” she said.
With no hope of going further in her education after her
mother’s death, Abdulkadir was saved by helper called
Alhaja Sekinat Adekola.
“Thinking that was the end of schooling for me, my
grandmother withdrew me from the school but the founder,
Alhaja Sekinat Adekola, gave me scholarship for my
primary and secondary education.
“I emerged best student in my primary and secondary
schools and even in my WASC, and I had a high score of
274 in my UTME examination.
“I have always had passion to be a medical doctor, but
because I was not sure of my chances I filled Bio-
Chemistry in my JAMB form and came out with a high
score of 274.
plaque.
“This score was high enough to get me into the College of
Medicine, University of Ibadan and with the hope of
changing to medicine later. I had to jettison this dream
because of the financial commitment involved in studying
medicine.
“It was at this time that an admission team from
International University of Africa, Sudan, came to recruit
Nigerian students into their school of Nursing.
“I presented myself for the written and oral interview and
luck once again smiled on me as I emerged the best student
and a scholarship was awarded me for my admission in
their school of nursing.
“After the end of the first semester examination I emerged
the best student, and the opportunity I had been waiting for
presented itself. I approached the School’s Faculty of
Medicine for a cross over from Nursing Faculty to Medicine,
and the request was granted.
“So through thick and thin of financial difficulties, culture
shock, hunger and loneliness, I braved it through and
emerged the best graduating student of the medical school
on September 2, 2016.
“For me to clinch the overall best student, I had a CGPA of
3.37/4.00, making a groundbreaking record in the history
of the faculty by scoring above 3.24, the last highest
grade.”
“One certain thing I know about myself, which cannot be
disputed, is that I am a living miracle of Allah,” she
continued.
“If you have searched for a proof of miracle but to no avail,
look no further as I am here to testify to the miracles of
God.
“I want to seize this opportunity to thank my God-sent
angels, Alhaja Sekinat Adekola, founder, Proprietress of AD-
din International Group of Schools, for the good background
I got in the school.”
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