69-year-old woman matriculates at University of Ibadan

Mrs. Kate Bosede Akomolafe, 69, stole the spotlight at the University of Ibadan’s Distance Learning Centre (DLC) matriculation ceremony on Friday, joining over 5,000 new students for the 2024/2025 academic session

The university’s Registrar, Mr. Ganiyu O. Saliu, administered the oath of admission during the event, which welcomed fresh students into 16 different programmes under the DLC.

Photos of Mrs. Akomolafe at the ceremony quickly went viral on social media, earning praise for her inspiring pursuit of higher education later in life. According to the university’s official Facebook page, #UniIbadan, she is a retired Data Processing Officer who previously worked with R.T. Briscoe Motor Company.

Clad in her matriculation gown and cap, Mrs. Akomolafe beamed as she joined the newest members of Nigeria’s premier university. Now a pig farmer and former flour distributor, she has enrolled to study Social Work, a course she says will support her work managing her non-governmental organisation.

Born on December 22, 1956, she first obtained her West African School Certificate in 1976 from Government Secondary School, Creek Road, Port Harcourt. Nearly five decades later, she sat for WASSCE and NECO exams in 2023 to secure the credits needed to fulfill her lifelong dream of earning a degree.

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