It’s not a surprise that the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University ( Great Ife) is ranked among the top 10 University with the highest number of celebrities. Because the structure and educational curriculum is constructed in such a way that builds and prepare each student for stardom after school ( Remember OAU is all about learning and culture, Sport and struggle).
Pastor E.A Adeboye, 2 face Idibia, lagbaja, Yemi shodimu, Samuel Ajirebi, Steph Nora Okere, Chinko Ekun, Dele Momodu, Seun Osewa and Lai Mohammed to mention afew, this are great Alumni of OAU making waves and creating impact all over the world.
After detailed and explicit study of their lives, relevance and achievements there are 5 major similarities that I discover that is peculiar to each and every one of them and guess what? I have analyzed those 5 fascinating similarities below just follow through.
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1. TENACITY
‘Better to have started rough which will make you tough and then anything else that comes your way will be nothing else because you have overcame tough tasks at the beginning’ ( Lagbaja). All the celebrity expressed their doggedness and perseverance attitude in the face of challenges and uncertainties. ‘ Be true to yourself, give it all you have’ ( Samuel Ajirebi). They all believed that their tenacious mindset and unyielding attitude brought them their stardom.
2. PHILANTROPIC ACT
The life of the great Pastor E.A Adeboye, 2 face Idibia, Seun Osewa and Dele Momodu illustrates a life lived for others in being generous and kind hearted, Dele Momodu is a committed philanthropist leading undying support for young Nigerian entrepreneur, he is known for always going the extra mile to promote authentic African business and entrepreneurs.
3. HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
“My journey into music started out in a funny way, I started my music career from church, I belonged to a music group where I was the lead dancer”( Chinko Ekun) the award winning musican and rapper describes how he started his music career in a music group far back in predegree Center for Distance Learning Obafemi Awolowo University and how he committed himself to making a difference with his God-endowed talent. The story and background of the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor E.A Adeboye is a story of Grass- Glory because he started his life from an humble background and despite that reality he emerged as one of the most influential people in the world.
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4. CONSISTENCY
Samuel Ajirebi credited his achievement to his unrelenting consistency and extreme focus in achieving his goals . Dele Momodu said in an interview that the humbling experience he passed through of poverty, despair and early life deprivation he encountered he was able to overcome because of his perseverance and hard work, this leads us to the last point.
5. DILIGENCE
The story of Seun Osewa is similar to the story of Bill gate, he actually was a university drop out but despite this disadvantage he is now a true definition of success at the highest level. Seun Osewa is one of the most celebrated tech entrepreneur in Nigeria, he is the founder of the highly successful online sites( NAIRALAND).He is diligent and hard-working man, he narrated in an interview his story of how his business projects before Nairaland were colossal failure after this he ventured into web hosting business, after 3 month of investing and hard work it also failed but this failures prompted him to get certifications then he started the successful Nairaland forum. Dele Momodu also commented that ” The philosophy of hard work is the penance for poverty”
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This Five Attributes are the Open-Secret that made these Celebrities who they are today.
Permit me to leave you with this from Dele Momodu” The humbling experience you are passing through is not a Life sentence to poverty, despair and perdition, you can overcome the challenges of early life deprivation if you PERSEVERE AND WORK HARD“
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