How COVID-19 and ASUU Strikes Shaped My Nursing Journey and Sparked My Sanity Initiative

A fresh graduate from the University of Ibadan’s Nursing programme reflects on her unexpected path. She originally wanted to study electrical engineering because she loved fixing things. Frustration with physics and further mathematics in SS3 led her to choose Nursing instead, and she gained admission on her first JAMB attempt. Her university experience was a rollercoaster of delays caused by COVID-19, ASUU strikes and session finishes. During the longest ASUU strike, she used the downtime to pray, write and plan what became The Sanity Initiative. That period of reflection helped her find clarity and purpose. Now a proud UI graduate, she says the challenges shaped both her career and her character.

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