Morufat- The Shining Star From Fiditi


This little girl is Miss Morufat Lawal, a pupil of AUD Basic  School in Fiditi Afijio Local Govt of Oyo State. Fiditi, by all standards is a rural area dominated by farmers. I may not be able to prove it but her parents may not be rich or educated-- in Nigeria, the rich children attend private schools as against government-owned schools
LET ME SHOCK YOU!
Morufat is the overall winner of the National Mathematics Competition in Abuja, Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory 2015 beating all contestants from both the Public and Private schools in Nigeria.
I celebrate this genius who against all odds remains excellent. She apparently wasn't attending well equipped school, had no access to best resources, didn't get best of meals, parents couldn't afford best of clothings, yet she conquered everyone!
For her brilliant performance, she was awarded a N6 million scholarship by the National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Abuja.
Morufat now attends International Model Science Academy, Abuja – a school run by the NMC.
I thought you would love to share this to go viral! She deserves it!

ADDENDUM
In 2014, Morufat became the first pupil in primary three and in a public school to represent Oyo State at the national level of the prestigious national Mathematics Olympiad organised by the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN).
She had been selected to represent her school (A.D.S Primary School, Fiditi) at the local level of the competition. She trounced over 40 other contestants to qualify to represent her local government (Afijio) at the zonal in level.


The zonal stage involved 12 winners from four local governments (Afijio, Atiba, Oyo East and Oyo West). Morufat still came tops, despite being in primary three.
At the state level of the competition, held at the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, this prodigy competed with 23 others, who were winners at the respective zones, and came third and was primed to represent Oyo State at the national edition hosted by the University of Ilorin.
Here, she was paired with another pupil for the quiz category. The duo came first, beating 40 contestants from other states. She was presented with a cash gift.

In December 2015, Morufat, as a primary four pupil, again represented Oyo State in Abuja in a JETS competition organised by the Federal Ministry of Education. She took the first prize to the amazement of guests at the event when she was announced as a public school primary four pupil.
IMPORTANT UPDATE
I received a couple of messages via the inbox confirming that Morufat is currently a student of Vale College, Ibadan. She is on a full scholarship granted by Bola Ige Family.
Please, she is not in anyway in need of any financial support.
Mr Oladimeji Billy Tunde sent this to me today April 26th, 2017:
Good afternoon. I read your post on Morufat Lawal and would appreciate if you could remove the post or post a retraction. Morufat is a bona fide student of The Vale College and currently enjoying N12million scholarship courtesy of the Bola Ige family. There is no need for anybody to solicit money for her because the scholarship covers her feeding, books, exam, tuition and boarding for the next six years. The Bola Ige family takes serious objection to one of the comments on that post in which somebody solicited for financial assistance for her. You can go to Bola and Atinuke Ige page on facebook for further information. Kindly rectify and make appropriate clarification. I am the Vice Principal of The Vale College. Thank you.
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