MMWandali:
Congratulations brother

With love from a fellow SS

May God see us all through

The name"KYARI" is mostly a kanuri name from Borno/Yobe not strictly a Hausa name

yellowgarri2:
I wish someone can sponsor my postgraduate

iCauseTrouble:
Na only you dey bear names for 4 different regions
Muyiwa - Yoruba
Kyari - Hausa
Emeka - Igbo
Ekanem - Cross River
I guess your parents were confused while naming you

GREATIGBOMAN:
You get Benz or not abi na PhD your mama go to eat

NickD:


Nice write up. However, your point of being an island in a PhD journey isn't correct. You'll need like minds to help motivate you when your spirit is down when challenges come whilst on the program. You'll need guidance for things you don't understand. You can't do any if you are an island. I remember when I got my PhD in Feb, 2020 all through my lab work I needed the help of both IT students and full staff in the lab at that time. Even my friends put me through using SPSS, if I was a loner it would've been harder. And definitely those degrees would pay off at the end. I'm currently in the industry and still pushing for higher positions. B.Sc Biochemistry, P.GD Chemistry, M.Sc and Ph.D Environmental Management.

NotBeenPaid:

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Congrats. Though Ekanem is a female name.

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Jennyclay:
I work in a reputable hospital here in Lagos, I'm a laboratory technician. I wish the nature of my job will allow me learn a skill.

Well, I also do business. It's not really easy trying to balance everything... I mean My job, my business, my masters program, and my professional courses.. Honestly it not easy.

Paulheyman:


Certainly I will. But now I am mostly working on my papers (academic). I want to have good quality papers before making further application for a postdoc.

Thank you

oshorstan:
Wow I admire your zeal and energy. I am on this road too, but finance is an issue. I need sponsorship badly. I pray God raises helpers for me. I don't wanna end up with one degree. My tuition is 270K for a start up. Then subsequently, 215K.
My WhatsApp contact is 08138188962.

Thanks

Cyberfavour:
Congratulations Dr Kyari
I’m inquisitive as to why you had to do PGDE, was it due to your CGPA at your undergraduate?

I’ll appreciate a response.

NotBeenPaid:

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Congrats. Though Ekanem is a female name.

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NotBeenPaid:

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Congrats. Though Ekanem is a female name.

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Paulheyman:
My Journey through academics (Bsc. MSc. Ph.D)

NOTE: I am writing this article to inspire young Nigerians/Africans who have flair for academics.

My name is Emeka Ekanem Muyiwa Kyari and I was born a sickle cell patient. At the age of seven, I developed passion for teaching, my love for teaching was born out of my urge to know more. I was passionate about learning. Though, my maternal grandfather was a headmaster, I dreamt of becoming a Professor someday. My greatest weakness was my health, my greatest strength was my friends and family.

Naturally I was born "maybe" intelligent but those who are familiar with sickle cell crisis knows that at certain age the crisis becomes increasingly recurrent and this was the greatest set back I had during my BSc. because it affected my CGPA (3.39/5). Except for my second semester 4th year, I couldn't write a single quiz/test during my BSc. even the exams I wrote from my sick bed.

During my NYSC I was posted to Akwa Ibom State (I love Akwa Ibom). I am a lone wolf, I function better alone. I had a dream which is getting MSc. and staying back in Akwa Ibom would hinder that dream. My little alawee can't sustain my stay in Akwa Ibom State moreover we all thought that the state paid #16k but during camping we discovered they paid #6k so I had to redeploy to my state where they paid #5k/month. I was able to save up enough fund by living with my parents, in fact I saved everything I was paid just so that I could start my MSc.

After the NYSC I enrolled for my MSc. in Nnamdi Azikiwe university (NAU). I was once again faced with my greatest fear which was my health. I had crisis multiple times, even during my exams. As my savings was gradually depleting, I took a job that paid me #3500; funny thing is that my present office actually closed the school down. Then, I took another job that paid #7500, then, another that paid #15000 before getting employed by the state civil service. My MSc. delayed but I later got it at the 4th year, CGPA (4.06/5). My MSc. was a battle fought in love and on grace. The universe was kind to me and I survived the journey. My worst experience was the day I took pain killer injections at Eastern mass transit park in awka (terrible).

Then, came the PhD. The challenges where enormous, my fear were still there but the crisis wasn't recurrent as before. Again love, grace, humility and perseverance saw me through. The PhD came within 3 years. CGPA (5/5). I finished my PhD at 30 years

My Advice to young Academia's
1) To succeed in academics requires perseverance and love of what you're doing.
2) Keep your circle of friends tiny as possible. If possible be an island.
3) The dissuading voices are there to motivate you. Use them, let them penetrate you. My "guy" told me it was impossible to finish PhD in three years but I did
4) Don't wait to have enough fund to start your postgraduate journey. The university is an ocean of opportunities. You'll get enough fund to see you through your study.
5) Avoid any relationship that will lead to spending money. Minimize your expenditure
6) You must create time for leisure but ensure it won't cost you much money.
7) Your supervisor should be your best friend, they've what it takes to progress your research.
Join many groups on Facebook based on your research interest, follow people on Twitter who share similar research interest with you. Don't forget to always ask questions. In fact form the habit of questioning everything
9) Chose your area of specialization and research interest based solely on your passion. When you're passionate about a research findings it makes it easier to progress. Be guided!!!
10) Equip yourself with so much knowledge during your PhD, don't leave PhD empty, your PhD knowledge will prepare you and skyrocket you to greatness. During my PhD I learnt how to use so many software such as Autodock, Autodock vina, NAMD, SPSS, pyrx, pymol, Discovery studio, Avogadro, Sigmaplot, Datawarrior etc and all was fun. I had friends on Facebook (non Nigerians) to teach and guide me through each software


Conclusion
Though I am not a professor yet, but I believe that at the appropriate time I will. I made it this far, I know that everyone else will. School is fun not scam. One day I know that my certificates will fetch me greatness because I don't just wanna be a salary earner I want to be remembered for my contribution to knowledge.

My name is E.E.M Kyari BSc., PGDE, MSc., PhD

iCauseTrouble:
Na only you dey bear names for 4 different regions
Muyiwa - Yoruba
Kyari - Hausa
Emeka - Igbo
Ekanem - Cross River
I guess your parents were confused while naming you

GREATIGBOMAN:
You get Benz or not abi na PhD your mama go to eat

ChybuzzDD:


Stupid Nigerian mentality. Everything is about money and material acquisitions.

This mentality is the reason there's crime everywhere in Nigeria and everywhere an average Nigerian goes.

Paulheyman:


Computational chemist.

I Worked on sickle erythrocyte gelation. Performed molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation on compounds isolated from our medicinal herb of interest. Then, we went further to perform in vitro experiments to validate our findings.

On computation: I must say keep it up and the sky will be your starting point. I love physics

amaben2020:
What did you study??

SirMichael1:
Naturally, SS dey sabi book. Na genetics

Congratulations. Some of us don't see academic qualifications as anything as it doesn't always mean that lives will be impacted through you.

Besides, it seems you furthered your education so you can hide your sickness by making people see your qualifications before they see you. You.


Modified: SS dey Sabi book no mean say make you, wey be AS go marry AS because you wan born pikin wey know book

Paulheyman:


Thank you

blackboy:
Very good. Being resolute and resilient. Congratulations. Your name ...or names....hmmm