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my dear girls in science: be strong, inquisitive, curious, assertive, resilient, and focused. Go for gold!
How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying (2016)
I attended Sacred Heart Convent School and Jericho High School, both in Ibadan for my primary and secondary school education respectively.
How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying (2016)
I have more than one mentor. All my lecturers, all those that I have passed through their tutelage in life both at home and abroad impacted one thing or the other in me- no matter how little!
How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying (2016)
My dad worked with the Oyo State Civil Service while my mum was a trader.
How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying (2016)
It was not all that easy, I must confess but I was able to cope due to my due to my ardent determination to excel coupled with hard work and prayers.
How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying (2016)
My late parents, Alhaji Ganiyu Olulere and Alhaja Asanat Taiwo Iyanda, were loving, kind-hearted, caring and disciplined. They gave my siblings and I, sound education, taught us good morals and the fear of God.
How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying (2016)
As a quantity surveyor, honesty, transparency and probity should be their watchword and they should be diligent in the performance of their professional duties. With all these qualities in them, sky will be their starting point and money will run after them.
How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying (2016)
the natural sciences intrigued and fascinated me through the efforts of my teachers. I had the inner motivation to learn, and I was inquisitive.
How I became Africa’s first female professor in quantity surveying (2016)
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