Ogun State-born Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji leads
the pack in this year’s West African
Examinations Council Academic Excellence
Awards, CHARLES ABAH writes
Nineteen-year-old Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji has
emerged the best scholar in the 2013 May/June
West African Senior School Certificate
Examination.
The leadership of the West African
Examinations Council honoured the lad
alongside two females on Thursday in Minna,
Niger State. The females are Ifeoluwapo Fasola
and Maureen Anyanwu, both of who are
natives of Oyo and Imo states, respectively.
For posting outstanding results, the trio
received the WAEC’s prestigious National
Distinction and Merit Awards. They scored A1 in
all their subjects.
However, Ogunfolaji is considered the overall
best candidate having scored a total grade of
666.6525 in eight subjects, including English
Language and Mathematics.
By the feat, the lad becomes the current holder
of the esteemed award instituted by the council
in 1984 to encourage academic excellence.
Ogunfolaji, who attended the Sacred Heart
Catholic College, Abeokuta, Ogun State between
2007 and 2013, with examination number
4280232/098, also obtained A1 in Physics,
Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science,
Geography and Yoruba Language.
Born on October 26, 1995 to Mr./Mrs. SP
Ogunfolaji, the award winner attended St.
Bernadette Nursery and Primary, Onikolobo,
Abeokuta South Local Government Area, Ogun
State between 1998 and 2006.
The lad, whose feat has placed the Sacred
Heart Catholic College on the WAEC Excellence
honours’ list, was the best pupil in his fifth and
sixth grade in the school.
Following his success also, the college becomes
the winner of the Omo N’oba Erediauwa
Coronation Trophy for producing the best male
candidate in the May/June 2013 WASSCE.
Other laurels, awards and prizes in his kitty
include the 2010 overall best in Junior
Secondary School Certificate Examination
(obtaining nine As and four Cs), best in JSSCE
(NECO) in 2010 (10As and 2Cs), and the 2011
champion in African Gifted Foundation Award in
Mathematics.
Ogunfolaji, who represented the South West
Zone in Uganda for the outstanding
achievement in African Gifted Foundation
Mathematics contest in 2012, also participated
in the 2013 Robotics Academy competition.
He also clinched the third best position in the
Shell Science Award in 2013 as well as the best
Yoruba Student Award in WASSCE. The Yoruba
Education Resource Centre, Lagos, organised
the award.
The youngster is at present studying Medicine
and Surgery at the nation’s premier university,
the University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
On the second position in the award is 17-year-
old Ibadan, Oyo State-born Fasola. The lass,
who had her secondary education at the
International School, University of Ibadan,
between 2007 and 2013, had a total score of
664.0075. Her WASSCE registration number was
4310824/089.
She obtained A1 in English Language,
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
Agricultural Science, French and the Yoruba
Language.
Her success enabled her school to become the
holder of the Omo N’oba Erediauwa Coronation
Trophy for producing the best female candidate
in the May/June 2013 WASSCE.
Born on July 8, 1997, Fasola, who attended the
Junior International School, Oluyole Estate,
Ibadan between 1998 and 2007, won many
awards, including the Prof. Olufemi Bamiro and
Prof. Ayodele Falase Awards, which earned her
scholarship throughout her senior secondary
school education.
Fasola, who represented the International
School at various competitions, was its second
best graduating pupil in the 2006/2007
academic session.
Like Ogunfolaji, Fasola is currently studying
Medicine and Surgery at UI.
On the WAEC’s National Distinction and Merit
Awards third position is Miss Anyanwu, who
attended the Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja.
The Mbaise, Imo State-born lass with a
cumulative score of 656.5480 also posted an
excellent result in all her eight subjects.
Anyanwu, who sat for the examination with
registration number 4020617/017, obtained A1
in English Language, Mathematics, Further
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
Agricultural Science and Geography.
Born on April 23, 1996 to Dr/Mrs. Emmanuel
Anyanwu, the youngster who attended the
Montessori International School, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State, between 1998 and 2006 is also no
stranger to academic success.
The 18-year-old not only emerged the overall
best in her primary school, she also secured
admission on merit to the LJC in 2007.
Anyanwu, who throughout her stay at LJC was
on the honours and merit rolls for academic
accomplishments, scored 12 distinctions and
one credit in the Junior Secondary School
Certificate Examination in 2010.
In her set at LJC, she also won the best
graduating pupil award in Agricultural Science
and Chemistry.
Due to her academic feat, she was appointed
the Academy Probation Prefect, a position that
empowered her to assist and tutor other pupils
on academic probation at the LJC.
Anyanwu, currently studying Chemical
Engineering with focus on Clinical Research at
the Cooper Union for the Advancement of
Science and Arts, New York, United States, is on
full scholarship valued at $160, 000. She
passed Scholastic Aptitude Test with a score of
2380 out of 2400 in both Mathematics levels I
and II.


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Congrats to you all…am sure your parents must be very proud of you…keep the flag of excellence flying…

The three of you are a blessing to your family,your community,your local government,your state and nigeria at large.One thing I like most is that the two best candidate from ogun and oyo state gained admission to the same University of ibadan to study medicine.This will be a serious competition between the two of them.Another thing I like is having A1 in yoruba which make them to be a good representaive of Yoruba.I pray my children will also be as successful like you people.Keep it up

This is a good news.