flexyrule:
I can attest to the fact that Sen. Abbo (he was fondly called Cliff) was actually a very brilliant student.

I knew him way back from Mubi in Adamawa State...

From his humble days in Vimtim to when he came out as HIV positive, then during his days with several International NGOs and most memorably, when he used to fly to England to watch Man Utd matches.

But writing common entrance in primary 3... Omoh. That one weak me!

Ordinarily, way back at primary 3, you no even suppose sabi read finish.

But if I believed that a 13 year old is the youngest AWS certified developer in Africa... Then I'll humbly swallow Abbo's story too.

Mindlog:
What was the cut off mark of Adamawa?


Actually in 1989, it was out of 600 because my eldest sister sat for it and scored 534 and our state, (Imo state) cut off mark that year was 523 and highest in Nigeria, while the old Gongola state was less than 200 as we had a neighbour who was from Mubi (Gongola state) whose daughter scored less than 200 and made it to Queens College Lagos while my elder sister didn't get FGC Ijanikin that was her first choice nor FGC Okigwe that was her second choice but was compensated with Federal Government College, Sokoto ! Imagine sending a 12 year old from Lagos to Sokoto by road way back in 1990......my parents did waka to them and got my sister enrolled in a day secondary school in Lagos.

flexyrule:
I can attest to the fact that Sen. Abbo (he was fondly called Cliff) was actually a very brilliant student.

I knew him way back from Mubi in Adamawa State...

From his humble days in Vimtim to when he came out as HIV positive, then during his days with several International NGOs and most memorably, when he used to fly to England to watch Man Utd matches.

But writing common entrance in primary 3... Omoh. That one weak me!

Ordinarily, way back at primary 3, you no even suppose sabi read finish.

But if I believed that a 13 year old is the youngest AWS certified developer in Africa... Then I'll humbly swallow Abbo's story too.

Mamayam:


Kindergaten and nursery no b d same tin?

FreeStuffsNG:
You can not pass common entrance in flying colours in Primary 3 unless he means he scored above those very low cut off mark of common entrance used for most states in the north.

To score 62 out of 250 is pass for Adamawa but still a fail score just like those who scored 140 out of 400 in JAMB and 'passed' into UNICAL, Uniuyo and other glorified Secondary schools. Check my signature for free stuffs!

DrAda:
This is absurd.

This goes to show that our leaders are infact stark illiterates, reflected further on the poor budgetary allocations to both education and health.

What a country

BoldBrainz:


Nobody gets admission to study any course in Unical and Uniuyo with a cut-off mark of 140 over 400. That score merely represents Jamb's cut-off, not the school's. There's a reason schools still set Post UTME for successful Jambites.

Stop misinforming people over nairaland likes!

Focusmind:


You just summarised the dedication and commitment some of our parents showed in the 80's and early 90's about their children. I did my own FGC common entrance in 1990 and was admitted to FGC Maiduguri because I didn't meet the Anambra State cut off for both Kings College, Lagos and FGC Enugu, which were my first and second choice, respectively.
My Dad was moving up and down from Anambra to Borno state for change of school for me and to get letter of release from FGC Maiduguri. Luckily, I later sat and passed the entrance exam of one of the most prestigious Catholic school in Nigeria. That was how I skipped FGC Maiduguri and went to Catholic school.

FreeStuffsNG:
smh. I will henceforth ignore you since you are not ashamed of the disgraceful action of rewarding mediocre 35% score JAMB candidates with admission to mediocre school like UNICAL, Uniuyo etc. I am hugely disappointed in NUC for even allowing such nonsense!
No university in the world uses a 35% score as pass, admitting students with such score is academically fraudulent!!
That is a screenshot of UNICAL website where they shamelessly advertised vacancy for mediocre JAMB candidates with 140 out of 400! Post utme and WAEC are just extra, the statutory exam for university undergraduate education in Nigeria is JAMB

flexyrule:
I can attest to the fact that Sen. Abbo (he was fondly called Cliff) was actually a very brilliant student.

I knew him way back from Mubi in Adamawa State...

From his humble days in Vimtim to when he came out as HIV positive, then during his days with several International NGOs and most memorably, when he used to fly to England to watch Man Utd matches.

But writing common entrance in primary 3... Omoh. That one weak me!

Ordinarily, way back at primary 3, you no even suppose sabi read finish.

But if I believed that a 13 year old is the youngest AWS-certified developer in Africa... Then I'll humbly swallow Abbo's story too.

ebukajay184:
I Passed Common Entrance In Primary Three Because Of My Exceptional Brilliance – Senator Abbo



https://igberetvnews.com/1449403/passed-common-entrance-primary-three-exceptional-brilliance-senator-abbo/
The slapping senator has learn his lesson in a hard way hence his support for anything APC does

Neddyogu:


Ministers are not elected officials tho

flexyrule:
I can attest to the fact that Sen. Abbo (he was fondly called Cliff) was actually a very brilliant student.

I knew him way back from Mubi in Adamawa State...

From his humble days in Vimtim to when he came out as HIV positive, then during his days with several International NGOs and most memorably, when he used to fly to England to watch Man Utd matches.

But writing common entrance in primary 3... Omoh. That one weak me!

Ordinarily, way back at primary 3, you no even suppose sabi read finish.

But if I believed that a 13 year old is the youngest AWS certified developer in Africa... Then I'll humbly swallow Abbo's story too.

Let me tell you a personal story. I sat for the common entrance examination when I was in primary three and I won because I was exceptionally brilliant. I passed, it is all the same; winning and passing is the same.

updatechange:
Quite possible… I finished secondary school at the age of 16 and I have classmates that I am way older than in my class that we started together from jjs1 btw I repeated a class because of change of school so it’s quite possible.

Although I don’t trust anything Nigeria politician.



All of Una wey Dey quite me… Una go explain tire.
All I know is writing common entrance in pry3 is very realistic just as I sat for GCE when in ss2

ebukajay184:
I Passed Common Entrance In Primary Three Because Of My Exceptional Brilliance – Senator Abbo



https://igberetvnews.com/1449403/passed-common-entrance-primary-three-exceptional-brilliance-senator-abbo/

valentineuwakwe:


Stop supporting nonsense.....no parents then or pupil thought of skipping any classes due to their child brilliance. It was a question of getting qualitative education and come to think of writing common entrance at primary 3 in a less educationally backward state of adamawa back then......