A brilliant Nigerian Lady graduates as a Physiotherapist after studying for 7 years instead of 5, wins best student award.

A brilliant Nigerian lady named Bamgbelu Blessing has graduated as a Physiotherapist from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria.

Despite facing significant challenges that extended her academic journey from the standard five years to seven, she emerged as a top achiever, earning eight distinctions and the award for the Best Graduating Student in one of her major courses.

Blessing earned her Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy from OAU’s College of Medicine and celebrated her triumph on Twitter, expressing gratitude for her perseverance and hard work.

After seven years of hard work, the moment is finally here . I’ll be getting my license!” she wrote.

Her outstanding academic performance included distinctions in Prosthetics and Orthotics, Manual Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Clinical Works, Functional Rehabilitation, Exercise Therapy, Communication S𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁s and Ethics, and Research Works.

In addition to her degree, Blessing was inducted as the Best Graduating Student in the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board (MRTB) licensing exam, further cementing her status as a top scholar in her field.

Proudly announcing her new qualifications, Blessing wrote: “Let me reintroduce myself: PT Bamgbelu Blessing T., BMR. PT (Ife) with Hons.

In a similar story, a young Nigerian lady named Antoinette Solomon graduated from the University of Abuja, Nigeria as a Medical Doctor after studying for 8 straight years in medical school.

Antoinette earned her MBBS from the University’s College of Medicine after 8 years instead of the normal academic timeline of 6 years due to several challenges.

She took to her Twitter page to celebrate her achievement, sharing the reason why her course which was initially supposed to be six years elongated to eight years. She highlighted the lockdown and an industrial strike by the university’s academic union as the main reason for the setback.