By Saidu Idris
365daily -The maxim that hard work pays played out succinctly in Ogun state, as Governor Dapo Abiodun honoured a brilliant young female doctor, Dr Joy Adesina, who emerged the best Graduating Medical Student from the Faculty of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife, Osun state.
Dr. Adesina, who came out tops in medicine and won most of the awards, was rewarded by Governor Abiodun with gifts of a new house (Bungalow) located at the Ogun State Housing Estate and N5 Million, at a brief ceremony on Wednesday , November 3, 2021, at the Governor’s Office in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital.
Also as a reward for her excellence, the governor granted the Ogun State born young lady an automatic award for Residency Studies at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, OOUTH.
Dr. Adesina’s outstanding records and awards include the following:
1. NIGERIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PRIZE: To the student with the best overall result in the M.B.Ch.B degree examination
2. FACULTY PRIZE: For the candidate with the best overall Performance in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences.
3. OLANINGBE MAKANJUOLA MEMORIAL PRIZE: To the best student in Medicine and Medical Specialities in Part 111 MBChB degree examination.
4. DR. OLUYEMI O. BADERO FOUNDATION PRIZE: For the best overall student in the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) Final Examination in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences
5. MAJOR GENERAL OLUFEMI OLUTOYE PRIZE: To the student with the best overall performance in the first professional examination
6. ADELINE OLU AJAYI: To the best graduating student in Physiology in the second MBChB Examination
7. GLAXO ALLENBURY PRIZE: To the student with the best result in the final M.B.Ch. B degree examination in Paediatrics
8. PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA PRIZE: To the student with the best result in the final M.B.Ch. B degree examination in Paediatrics
9. PROFESSOR O TAIWO MEMORIAL PRIZE: To the student with the highest mark in clinical examination in the final MB.Ch.B examination in Paediatrics
DISTINCTIONS:
1. Distinction in Surgery
2. Distinction in Community Health
3. Distinction in Obstetrics and Gynecology
4. Distinction in Pediatrics and Child Health
5. Distinction in Dermatology
6. Distinction in Mental Health
7. Distinction in Pharmacology
8. Distinction in Anatomy
9. Distinction in Biochemistry
10 Distinction in Physiology