University of Jos Graduate Breaks Family Record, Becomes First Engineer in Her Bloodline

• Victory Oluwadamilola Ajani graduated with a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Jos
• She celebrated becoming the first engineer in her family, describing it as a major milestone
• Her announcement and photos sparked congratulatory reactions from social media users online

A young Nigerian woman has taken to social media to celebrate a major milestone after becoming the first engineer in her family.

The lady, identified as Victory Oluwadamilola Ajani, shared the exciting update on X, where she announced that she had successfully completed her studies in Civil Engineering at the University of Jos.

In her celebratory post, Victory expressed pride in achieving the feat and breaking a family record.

University of Jos engineering graduate breaks record

According to her, she is the first person in her family to become an engineer.

She accompanied the post with photos of herself wearing a yellow top and brown trousers along with a white safety helmet and a graduation sash displaying her name and course of study.

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The images also showed that she is registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

Sharing her excitement, she wrote:

"Ladies and gentlemen, first in the bloodline to be an engineer.

I finished engineering, it did not finish me!"

See the X post below:

Reactions to UNIJOS engineering graduate's achievement

Her post has since drawn congratulatory messages from social media users who praised her determination and celebrated the milestone. Some of the comments are below.

@fentontechs said:

"Congratulations victory. Please which school is this?"

@HeisSamani commented:

"Big congratulations, Redemption!"

@becky_billions stated:

"Big congratulationssssss.🎉❤"

@Dabrain07 commented:

"Congratulations fellow. BS8110 is now officially Ur friend."

@princess_yfe stated:

"Gbam!!!!!

Welcome to the field, my fellow learned colleague.

You're now a GMNSE (Graduate Member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers)!"

@Realityworld01 commented:

"Hats off. Proud of you, pray for grit for smoothness of this journey."

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@BabaMicaiah009 said:

"Congratulations Engineer.🎊"

Covenant University graduate's academic feat

In a related story, a graduate of Covenant University went viral online after sharing how she turned around her academic performance despite struggling with poor grades earlier in her academic journey.

The graduate, Temiloluwa Omomo, took to LinkedIn to recount how she moved from one of her lowest academic moments to eventually graduating with a respectable second-class upper degree.

On her LinkedIn page, Temiloluwa shared the result of her 2021/2022 Alpha semester. In the result, she had six Fs out of 15 courses, ending with a GPA of 1.44. This was a result she described as the toughest moment in her academic journey.

UI engineering graduate shares challenges attaining first-class

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a young student, Victor Dada graduated with First Class in Engineering from UI, earning the Dean’s Honours Award with a 3.88/4.0 GPA.

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He balanced academics with leadership roles, including serving as president of a fellowship during his final year.

He disclosed that he often slept very late at night while handling 16 courses, lab work, reports and a final-year project.

Source: Legit.ng