TWENTY –TWO-YEAR-Old Nigerian, from Yobe State, Adamu Abdullahi, has made history by graduating as Best Student from the Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering , Gaziantep University Turkey, at the weekend.

He also emerged as the Second Best Braduating student from the Faculty of Engineering.

By this feat, Adamu, according to a release from the university authorities, becomes the first Nigerian to graduate from the school and the first African to receive such award from the university.

Adamu studied at the university under the Yobe State Government Scholarship programme, established in 2008 by the late Governor Mamman Bello Alis administration and later continued by Governor Ibrahim Geidam’s administration.

He was among over 4,000 students from different faculties of Gaziantep University, who were awarded degrees at the graduation ceremony.

Governor of Gaziantep Provision of Turkey, Erdal Ata, who spoke on the importance of education and the role of the youths in the development of the country, said: “This nation is entrusted to youths, and its future totally lies on their shoulders. If we want to make this country successfully, cherish forever as well as transform it to a leading nation of higher modern civilization, we must work hard towards education as a state and as a nation “

The University Rector, Prof. Yavuz Co?kun, addressing the parents of the graduands, said: “God blessed you with babies whom you took on to your laps, you raised them and brought them to us as teenagers it was our responsibilities to train and educate them. Now, we release them into life as well-talented and highly- educated degree holders and we have done our best not only in transforming them into graduates but also transforming them into people of high experience, who can firmly withstand the challenge of life and become successful in their fields.”

According to the statement made available to The Guardian: “ After the national anthem, the best students in their faculties were then publically awarded their degrees by Governor Erdal Ata, Rector Yavuz Co?kun and other respected leaders across the nation.

“The ceremony was colorful and full of happiness of both the students and their families, the Second Best Student of the Engineering Faculty named Adamu Abdullah, expressed his happiness by the holding flag of his country (Nigeria). “

In a statement, Yobe State Students’ Association, Turkey, congratulated Adamu for his accomplishment.

The Group said in a statement sent to The Guardian: “Such honour you brought is not only to our association (Yobe State Students’ Association Turkey) or Yobe State, but is also to Nigeria as a whole.”

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If the guy graduated from a private university in Nigeria, some overfed apes will start shouting that first class in such a school is cheap and other loads of crap let's face it Nigerian students are smart but our government owned institutions are messed up!