A Nigerian nursing student studying at a university in the United States has celebrated after finally earning her degree. She shared her journey of years of delay before obtaining her nursing degree from Indiana University. Many who saw the viral post congratulated the graduate nurse on her achievement.
Nigerian Lady Bags Nursing Degree from US University
A Nigerian woman named Blessing, identified on TikTok as @@opzysofine, shared her experience of earning a bachelor's degree in nursing from Indiana University, USA. She posted lovely pictures from her graduation shoot. She stated that she had been in the US for nine years, and after five years of delay and four years of hard work, she finally received her nursing degree.
In her caption, she wrote: 'First generation baby!!!! 9 years in a foreign country without my family, 5 years of delay and stagnancy, 4 years of hard work, perseverance, tears and a thousand complaints later, I finally got my B.S.N degree!!! I want to say thank you to God for keeping me. Thank you to my friends and family for listening to me rant and complain all the time… Y’all can finally breathe.'
Reactions Trail Nigerian Lady's Graduation in US
Her story triggered reactions on TikTok, as many people congratulated the nursing graduate on her academic feat. Some of the reactions include:
- Eniola Margaret: 'Congratulations my sister?❤️ I miss you and I’m soooo proud of you'
- tejusofine: 'Babyyyyy I’m so excited for what is to come, congratulations my love'
- licent7: 'Girlllll?? 9 years I feel you. Congratulations'
- Opeoluwa: 'Congratulations pretty Nurse'
- Ann said: 'Nurse blessing in the building'
- Adedoyin Adebanjo: 'My love keep making us proud'
- K3molala: 'You did that! Congratulations'
- Eniola Margaret: 'Okay I teared up at the caption!!'
- RHED: 'Congratulations ?? my baby.'
Another graduate of the University of Ibadan shared how he planned to graduate with a second-class upper division but ended up with a first-class. He explained that he initially believed UI was difficult, which made him aim for a 2:1. However, after achieving a perfect CGPA in his first year, he decided to work harder towards a first-class degree.
In a related story, UNILAG's best graduating student shared how he was rejected by the University of Ibadan when trying to study medicine and surgery. Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Lagos State University's best graduating student opened up about her admission experience, study secrets, and why she wrote UTME twice.
