In yet another revelation in her book titled, ‘On Becoming’, which largely detailed her failed marriage to fitness expert, Maje Ayi...
In yet another revelation in her book titled, ‘On Becoming’,
which largely detailed her failed marriage to fitness expert, Maje
Ayida, popular media personality, Toke Makinwa, disclosed that she
almost lost her admission at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) due to her
nonchalant disposition to academics.
The 30-year-old Ondo state indigene wrote: “University of Lagos
was a whole new world for me. I had gotten admission to study English
Language (Big Mummy thought I was studying Law and would find out in my
second year that I wasn’t) but I never went to classes.
“Then my third year results came out. I had gone to check the
results on the notice board in school, and right beside my name, where
my Grade Point was supposed to be was ‘Advised to Withdraw’.
“I wasn’t bothered at first. I started planning what I would do
as a university dropout; travelling out of the country to start my life
again was my favourite option. But I didn’t get a chance to put my plan
into action. Big Mummy found out.”
The Rhythm FM Lagos On-Air-Personality disclosed further that she
was spared on “humanitarian grounds”, and added that the incident marked
a turning point in her life.
“A distant uncle was a professor in my faculty and was on the
board that heard the cases of students advised to withdraw. When he
heard my name, he called Big Mummy that very night. I hadn’t told anyone
at home what happened, not even my sisters.
“Big Mummy came to school the next day and she had to go before
the board with me to beg. After hearing my story and how I had lost my
parents very early, the board decided on humanitarian grounds to let me
take the year again.
“That decision marked the turning point of my life. I got my
act together and in two years went from having an almost non-existent GP
to a second class lower which I graduated with.”
