Nneka Ikediashi graduated as the best student from the Faculty of Law, Ambrose Alli University, for the 2022/2023 session. She finished with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.77 on a scale of 5, the highest CGPA recorded in over 40 years of the faculty’s history. In this interview by Awau Adegoke, she speaks about her academic journey, among other issues.
In your LinkedIn post, where you announced your First-Class feat, you stated that you were first admitted into Political Science before you switched to Law. Tell us why you switched to Law and how you did it.
I transferred to Law because it offers many opportunities and flexible career paths. Law’s versatility appealed to me.
The transfer process was challenging. I applied for a transfer through the departmental head of Political Science. From there my application went through a series of scrutiny at different levels — from the department to the faculty level, even to the office of the Vice Chancellor….