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A visually-impaired student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Precious Mbajiorgu, who was recently honoured by the West African Examination Council as the best candidate (physical disability category) in the 2002 Senior School Certificate Examination, tells IKENNA OBIANERI losing her sight at 11 influenced her
Can you remember how you lost your sight?
My name is Precious Mbajiorgu. I am from Oborisiala in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. I am 28 years old. I am currently a 100-level student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
I was not born blind. I used to see perfectly when I was a child until I turned 11. It happened between 2007 and 2008, but I cannot remember the exact day. I just went to school that fateful day. Back then, I was a pupil at Awada Primary School, Obosi, near Onitsha. It was in that school that I became visually impaired. My classmates and I were in the classroom solving mathematics on the board. I had answered the first maths question and was about to go to the next question when suddenly, I discovered that I could not see the board anymore and could no longer see other things. Everywhere became dark.
Did you have any challenges with your sight before then?
But before then, I did not feel any symptoms or pain in my eyes. It was like a mystery that I have yet to understand to date.
What did you do afterwards?
