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This morning, dressing up for work was not so easy, looked at myself in the mirror and the mirror tells me “madam you are getiing older ooo, hmmm kpele! but  you will soon be adding another year ooo very soon,  infact next week!”  My mirror has never lied to me, but the fact that i am getting older gives me goose bumps. I replied “don’t remind me, just tell me i look great”! and my dear mirror said “sure you do, always”. Getting older reminds me that I owe gratitude to someone i look up to and i whisper words only my ears (and God’s) could hear “it’s payback time”.

As a young child, i wanted to be a doctor, i remember once in a while i would open my mother’s medical books, health books and magazines and read (read Ben Okri’s the famished road when i was in primary school- it is not a medical book but i just love the book). I loved reading them and found them very interesting. As time went by, i found out i was not so good in mathematics (even counting money is  a big issue for me……you can’t imagine,) no matter how much i tried it still could not stick to my head. i remember my maths teachers Mr Adeyemo and Mr Rudolph (both were great teachers!) tried all they could, i gave maths my all but i was always disappointed when my results came out. But i still wanted to be a doctor and I wasn’t ready to give up!.


I thought it was impossible!
But God said: “all things are possible” (Luke 18:27)


I graduated from secondary school as a art student and opted to study Sociology and Anthropology at the university. It was my choice and really looked forward to courses like Sociology of Health, Women and Society, Sociology of Development…………..and when they came i loved every bit of it.

I said: “am not smart enough”
God Said:”I give you wisdom” (I Corinthians 1:30)
It is because of me that you are in Christ Jesus,who has become for us , wisdom from God-that is righteousness, holiness and redemption.

Today, I may not have a stethoscope round my neck, but I do have the white ribbon crest on my chest, can analyse public health issues and propose solutions to them, advocate for essential health commodities in the rural areas and the health of mothers and children and most of all I am committed in building a young generation of leaders who will make the right choices for a healthy future.

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