The Executive Director of HAGI was recently awarded the outstanding student in her School

Jennifer Umeh the Executive Director of Hope for African Girls Initiative, was recently awarded the outstanding student in her school.For distinguishing herself in excellent reporting, Jennifer Umeh, a student of Mass Communication Department of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa (OFFA POLY) in Kwara State has been honoured as the Most Outstanding Student of the Year by the institution. Jennifer, who is a CAMPUSLIFE correspondent, was presented with the award during the Gala Night organised by the Students’ Union Government (SUG) last Friday at Fan Suite Hotel in Offa.


She received the award from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Senate, Oluwatosin Ogunkuade. The SUG president, Yusuf Olalekan, urged students to be good ambassadors of the institution as he recognised their support for his administration. He promised to always fight for their welfare. The event featured musical entertainment by upcoming artistes on the campus, including Starboy Dance group and Olamide of Offa. This was followed by a lecture tagged: What
next after school?, which was anchored by the NANS Senate President. Ogunkuade, who is a former student of the polytechnic, said students must be up and doing in both academic pursuit and
entrepreneurship. He urged them to work hard to achieve their aims, saying: “You must not be
seen idle. Always use your head to think about good ideas that will make your life better. You
should never be tempted to steal. With good ideas, you can make legitimate money for a living.”


The lecture was followed by award presentation, which came in four categories, certificate award, award of honour, awards of excellence and management award of recognition. Some of the awardees include, Saliu Olawunmi, Olaito Adelele, Ola Iyana, Lasisi Adams and Babalola Taiwo. Speaking after she received the award, Jennifer said she saw the honour as a reward for her effort to make the campus a better place to study. She said: “I am grateful to the management for this honour. I was not expecting it though, because no campus reporter has ever been honoured this way by the school. Campus reporters are important people not just on campus, also in the larger society. But they are given less attention. But, this award will spur other campus writers to make more efforts for the peace and progress of the school.”