I got advice to withdraw from Unilag – Toke Makinwa
Nigerian radio personality and television host, Toke Makinwa,
has revealed how she was advised to withdraw from the University of Lagos
(Unilag) because of poor performance and negligence. She said this at the conclusion of her book
tour "On Becoming" that took place yesterday at the University of Lagos.
According to her, she
decided to end the tour at her alma mater because she had trouble studying at the
school. She said she was using
the medium to inspire someone with her kind of story, as she believes sometimes
a shared story can inspire someone to believe in themselves.
She wrote on Instagram thus,
“I haven’t always made the right choices but I am thankful for grace. I am nowhere
near perfect, I struggle sometimes but I’m learning to lean on the grace of God
to catch me when I fall.”
“It is quite emotional
for me to end my book tour at the University of Lagos cause I remember my time there,
I wasn’t the brightest student, I had potential but I was a troubled young
girl.” “I didn’t care much for my books till one day I was
advised to withdraw, and I hit rock bottom, I had nowhere else to go.”
”My grades were bad, so bad the school asked
me to leave, then something happened (grace). There was a meeting with all
department heads I was granted mercy on humanitarian grounds.” “My lecturers knew I had it in me but I couldn’t see what
they saw; they decided to give me an extra year to turn it around.”
“It was humiliating, I started not quite at
the bottom but it was a struggle, my mates had graduated and I was in a new
class, and boy it was hard but I did it. I don’t know how but I made a 2:2.
Instead of 4 years I spent 5/6 but I made it out”
“It is important for me to go back and meet
with the students in Unilag, the ones doing great and the students that are
struggling too. Sometimes it takes sharing your story to inspire someone to
believe in themselves and I’m always up for it.”
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