2 UNILORIN Students Land Bank Of America Jobs After Internship

While many Nigerian students are languishing in
the faltering Nigerian education system and
graduates are scouring the labour markets, two
students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN)
have been given permanent employment by the
the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, London.
The students, Abeeb Adebayo and Ajoke
Ogunshola, had undergone a nine-week
internship training programme with the Bank, one
of the world’s top financial institutions, Unilorin
Bulletin reports..
Both in their final year, Adebayo is an Accounting
student while Ogunsola is a student in the
Department of Counsellor Education.
As 'Campus Ambassadors' They had been
selected for the 2014 summer undergraduate
internship programme.
It was not an easy path to success, Ongunsola
told Unilorin Bulletin.
“In my intern class, we were close to 200 from
different continents of the world; Nigeria and
Ghana represented Africa," she said
"Students were selected from the best five
universities in each of these countries in order to
meet the standard.”
She added that UNILORIN played a big role in
making her what she is.
" I think if I have not been in this kind of
environment, I might not have been able to do
so well because the challenges came and we are
able to deal with it and above all, the University
of Ilorin has a disciplined environment.
Her fellow ex-intern, Adebayo said the experience
would last him a lifetime.
“I gained a lot of experience that I wouldn’t have
learnt in the four walls of the classroom; an
experience that would last me a lifetime.
This news will do a lot to support UNILORIN's
case that it is the best University in Nigeria.
This point was noted by the Dean of Student
Affairs, Prof. Abayomi Omotesho.
“I think they have portrayed the University well
that they can compete with their peers anywhere;
for them to have gone from this relatively
backward background –talking about the
infrastructure in the country, and to have
performed so well," Omotesho said.
"They have placed the name of the University on
the world map, I am sure Merrill Lynch will be
very willing in the future to take more interns
from the University.”
According to the 2014 UNIVERSITY WEB
RANKINGS » for Africa released by International
Colleges and Universities (ICU) UNILORIN was
20th in Africa bust number 1 in Nigeria.
The internship programme targets
undergraduates with a Flair for Finance,
regardless of the courses they are currently
studying.