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of Accounting and Informatics, under the Executive Dean, Prof Oludayo Olugbara, paid his outstanding debt under the condition that he completed his studies within the given two years.
“Eventually, I registered on in June 2020. The senior lecturer and HoD in Management Accounting Dr Odunayo Olarewaju took me under her supervision the same day. She has been a star from the beginning till the end even with her being an HoD, a committed senior lecturer to many classes, a supervisor to many master’s and PhD students, an editor to multiple books and publishing companies, and many other academic commitments. I used to send her my work during the lockdown and she did not take long to reply. She would call every day to check progress and I always ensured to rise to her expectations,” said Msomi.
Msomi submitted his study for marking in December 2020 and his results were received in February 2021.Dr Olarewaju said that she has never seen such a dedicated, humble, grateful, intelligent, outstanding and hardworking young student such as Msomi. She is amazed by his achievement as they have done research in a short while.
“We have published four journal articles together in the DHET- accredited list, we have two book chapters accepted to be published in September 2021 and three full conference papers. In fact, one of the papers was published in a SJR Q1 journal and we have six papers
under review with all journals listed in Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus DHET list, while six are about to be completed. Msomi is an asset to DUT, the entire Republic and academic environment at large. Indeed, if there is a will, there will always be a way.To other students out there who might be struggling nancially or otherwise, Msomi’s story is a con rmation that background or nancial disadvantages cannot stop a goal-driven student from achieving his/her goals,” said Dr Olarewaju.
She also expressed her gratitude to Prof Olugbara and Prof Moyo for their unwavering support towards research.
Speaking on behalf of the Faculty of Accounting and Informatics, Prof Olugbara said that Msomi has been an excellent student throughout his research journey and that he was highly impressed and excited by his research contributions to the University.
“I must acknowledge the amount of dedication he has put in to nishing the degree with good success stories. I am amused completely by the time management methodology he used to complete his study within record time. I must say that he can help other students to achieve the same feat and expand his story gamut. I nd Msomi highly futuristic, fervent, appreciative, conscientious, and persistent,” said Prof Olugbara.
Indeed, if there is a will, there will always be a way. To other students out there who might be struggling nancially or otherwise, Msomi’s story is a con rmation that background or nancial disadvantages cannot stop a goal-driven student from achieving his/her goals. – Dr Odunayo Olarewaju
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