The second son of the Ibadan born former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the APC Gubernatorial candidate in the 2019 general elections, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Abiola Adekunle Adelabu, has graduated with a first class degree in Accounting and Finance from one of Britain’s top Universities, The University of Lancaster.
The Senior Teaching fellow at the University, Professor Catherine Salzedo, while congratulating the 22year old Abiola on his excellent achivement of a first class degree result described him as a hardworking and dedicated student who committed most of his time to his studies.
While wishing the young Abiola success in his future endeavor, Professor Salzedo on behalf of the University confirmed the institutions readiness to further support the young graduate in his future plans of securing a job or further post graduate studies.
Abiola Adelabu was a student mentor, an academic representative and student member of the board of trustees of the University of Lancaster. He was at a time the brand ambassador of Ernst & Young Uk as well as Promotional Marketing Circle at Lancaster University. He was also sent on a student fellowship program to the University of Boston, United States of America by Lancaster University. In his third year industry exposure, he had a one year work experience with the International Business Machine Ltd (IBM) in London, UK. Abiola also authored three mini books to assist fellow students, An Idiots Guide to Graduate Jobs, An Idiots Guide to Internships and An Idiots Guide to University Placements. All these books are published and sold on Amazon.co.uk.
While reacting to his sons achievement, the proud father of this first class graduate, Chief Adebayo Adelabu expressed his joy and excitement to record another first class graduate in his family from a top Uk University especially in the same profession as his. He said it will be his wish to see the standard of education in Nigeria measure up to international standards so that parents wont have to spend our scarce foreign currencies to pay for education in western countries. He congratulated his son who he claimed has done the family proud and expressed his readiness to continue to support him in whatever he chooses to do after his first degree. He noted the importance of first serving his country under the NYSC scheme before any other plan. “Education is the best legacy and inheritance we should give our children, not wealth as a well educated child will surely outgrow his parents’ wealth and will also be more useful to the society. Chief Adelabu noted that his dream is to see that we are proud of our schools in Nigeria without having to travel abroad as very few Nigerians can afford this. I congratulate my wife, Biola’s mum specially for the moral and spiritual support and regular calls, visits and counsels while he was in school. But on the whole, i’m happy he has taken after me”, Adelabu said.
