Massive congratulations are in order for a Nigerian lady, identified as Lois Tarikabor, as she bags a graduate degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, despite all odds.
The 23-year-old Communications graduate took to Twitter to share photos from her graduation ceremony, and recounted the inspiring story of how God came through for her.
Lois said her parents could not sponsor her graduate studies abroad because they made some financial investments and told her to either attend a private University in Nigeria or wait for 4 or 5 more years.
However, she said she could not wait that long and wanted to study abroad at all cost, so she decided to sponsor her education by herself.
She said she travelled to Canada in 2021 to begin her educational pursuit with little funds and a huge debt, and thankfully, she has now graduated with a Diploma in Communications.
Read her full post below,
“Today makes it exactly 1 year since I left Nigeria for Canada to further my education. A 22 year old self funding with just $250 paid in tuition, $10,000 in debt already and a lot of faith that God said he would help me.
2 days ago, I graduated & this is my short story.
My parents had said sadly, they couldn’t sponsor me at the time because they were making some financial investments which I was aware of and extremely justifiable. However, they were going to be done in 3-4 years and I felt handicapped to have to wait that long to move my life.
An offer was made to do my graduate degree in a Private Nigerian University but having travelled out and seen the difference with how “COMMUNICATION” is perceived outside the country in its entirety, “I” didn’t see Nigeria as a place to get that degree.
Again, was the use of my Christianity if it was only my parents helping? Then God started causing everything to align. Long story short, I got into Canada with my parents blessings, the one way flight ticket they paid for me, one month allowance and bye bye.
The grind started! getting jobs, working through school, a side business, tears and lots of tears, trusting and believing what God told me and other things he continuously showed me.
Summarily, the graduation happened one year after and I don’t know how he did it.
B.Sc International Law and Diplomacy
Graduate Diploma Communications
After self teaching myself for 5 years plus, one book and two online magazines after, I got a degree to make my COMMUNICATION pursuit official and now it only gets better from here.”
See below,
Today makes it exactly 1 year since I left Nigeria for Canada to further my education. A 22 year old self funding with just $250 paid in tuition, $10,000 in debt already and a lot of faith that God said he would help me.
2 days ago, I graduated & this is my short story.
A thread pic.twitter.com/9NQeQ08Dz4— outspoken and more (@lohwis) October 26, 2022
