Oyakhire Halima Sadia, a student in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering of Covenant University, has emerged as the best-graduating student in the department with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.91 in the 2023/2024 academic session.
Halima obtained a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering with an outstanding first-class at Covenant University, Nigeria.
Her achievement earned her two awards and a cash prize of one hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150,000), from the university alumni investiture.
She celebrated her achievement of earning the degree, stating that despite facing challenges by balancing leadership positions and extracurricular activities with school work, she is glad it was worth it.
Having been impressed with her outstanding result and coming out with flying colours as the best student of her department, Halima aspires to become a leader in the energy sector specifically the oil and gas industry, and standing for 3innovation and sustainability growth to move the sector forward.
She expressed her love for the fashion industry: “I’m also very interested in the fashion industry and bringing my own ideas into the fashion world.”
Going forward after this great feat, Halima is focusing on ” advancing her education in the energy sector, holding strong leadership positions in companies that prioritize sustainability in the oil and gas sector, gaining experience in business development and management, and having her own fashion line and company in the oil and gas industry”.
Advising other students, Halima encourages them to “pursue their dreams boldly without fear of failure because the satisfaction of achieving them on some days will overshadow the fear of failing on other days”.
The university management congratulates Halima on achieving this great feat and wishes her the very best in her career and future endeavours.
