A Nigerian, Tinuade Okoro, has emerged. the best
graduating medical student in Ghana and scooping,
in the process, 16 prizes at the University of Ghana,
Legon. Some of the prizes won by Okoro include the
Ghana Medical Association prize for the best overall
student in the MB ch.B final part 11 examination;
prize for all round best student, sponsored by Ghana
Health Service and the Society of Obstetrics and
Gynecologists of Ghana prize for the best student in
gynacology as well as the R.K Obeng prize for the
best student in clinical pharmacology.
Others prizes won by the Nigerian are the Nana Preko
Ampem 11 prize for the best student in clinical
obstetrics and gynecology; Archampong prize in
surgery and Harry Sawyerr prize in medicine and
therapeutics among others. In a letter dated February
28, 2013 and signed by Mrs. Selie Ama Baiden of the
office of the Ag. Executive Secretary, office of the
Dean, College of Health Sciences of the University of
Ghana Medical School, it invited her to its
congregation/swearing-in-ceremony of newly
qualified medical doctors scheduled for March 23 at
the Athletic
Oval, University of Ghana, Legon.
Born and brought up in Jos, Okoro’s parents are from
Ondo State. Her father, Mr. Benjamin Oyedele Okoro,
is a retired
civil servant while her mother, Mrs. Omotayo Yetunde
Okoro, was a nurse till her death in 2004.
Tinuade began her primary school education in 1993
in Plateau Private School, Jos, continued in Rantya
Model School, Jos and ended in Camp David Nursery
and Primary School, Lagos.
Tinuade attended Federal Government Girls’ College,
Akure from 1998-2004, following which she completed
some
computer training while awaiting admission into
university. She enrolled at the University of Ghana,
Legon in 2006 and was admitted into the University of
Ghana Medical School
(UGMS), Accra in 2007.
Attributing her feat to God’s mercy and hard work,
she said: “Structured learning also helped. You cannot
just keep reading without a map, hoping to one day
finish the material, you never will if you do not plan
to.
graduating medical student in Ghana and scooping,
in the process, 16 prizes at the University of Ghana,
Legon. Some of the prizes won by Okoro include the
Ghana Medical Association prize for the best overall
student in the MB ch.B final part 11 examination;
prize for all round best student, sponsored by Ghana
Health Service and the Society of Obstetrics and
Gynecologists of Ghana prize for the best student in
gynacology as well as the R.K Obeng prize for the
best student in clinical pharmacology.
Others prizes won by the Nigerian are the Nana Preko
Ampem 11 prize for the best student in clinical
obstetrics and gynecology; Archampong prize in
surgery and Harry Sawyerr prize in medicine and
therapeutics among others. In a letter dated February
28, 2013 and signed by Mrs. Selie Ama Baiden of the
office of the Ag. Executive Secretary, office of the
Dean, College of Health Sciences of the University of
Ghana Medical School, it invited her to its
congregation/swearing-in-ceremony of newly
qualified medical doctors scheduled for March 23 at
the Athletic
Oval, University of Ghana, Legon.
Born and brought up in Jos, Okoro’s parents are from
Ondo State. Her father, Mr. Benjamin Oyedele Okoro,
is a retired
civil servant while her mother, Mrs. Omotayo Yetunde
Okoro, was a nurse till her death in 2004.
Tinuade began her primary school education in 1993
in Plateau Private School, Jos, continued in Rantya
Model School, Jos and ended in Camp David Nursery
and Primary School, Lagos.
Tinuade attended Federal Government Girls’ College,
Akure from 1998-2004, following which she completed
some
computer training while awaiting admission into
university. She enrolled at the University of Ghana,
Legon in 2006 and was admitted into the University of
Ghana Medical School
(UGMS), Accra in 2007.
Attributing her feat to God’s mercy and hard work,
she said: “Structured learning also helped. You cannot
just keep reading without a map, hoping to one day
finish the material, you never will if you do not plan
to.