09/07/2021
ANIEKAN'S BEST ACCOMPLISHMENT THROUGH DETERMINATION AND A RACE RUN WITH GOD
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IKA STUDENTS WORLDWIDE (NAIS)
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”
When the news of the release of the final bar examination results of the Nigerian Law School hit the media and public space yesterday, a total of 1,325 candidates was said to have failed and only twenty students bagged first class. What we didn’t know however was that one of our own, a gladiator in wits and academic strength, our own Miss Aniekan Udo-Okon was amongst the 20 high flyers and the only one in that class from the University of Uyo.
When our children perform poorly in school, we scold and encourage them to do better next time and when they excel, it is only necessary we sing their praise and tell it to the world. This is thus the place of this Piece.
The academic strides of Miss Aniekan Udo-Okon who hails from Ikot Akpan Offiong in Ika LGA didn’t just advent at the law school, she had from cradle shown she has a giant’s blood in her veins. Records at the University of Uyo shows that she emerged as the best graduating student, Faculty of Law, University of Uyo (2019 set) as well as the four-time recipient of the LAWSAN Award for Academic Excellence (2016-2019).
During her undergraduate days, she served in several leadership positions including the office of the President of Litigation hub under which she partnered with the Kings Bench Club in the organization of the 2018 Kings Bench/Lord (Barr) Onofiok Luke Inter Chamber Moot Court Competition. Also, working with the Editorial team as the Editor-in-Chief, Ime Umanah Chambers, she spearheaded the publication of the Ime Umanah Chambers Maiden Online Law Journal.
Aniekan Udo-Okon has featured on national and international moot platforms earning awards from the Nigerian Society of International Law, International Committee of the Red Cross, among others. She has also contributed to several publications centred on human rights, citizen diplomacy and arbitration.
For a young person in her early 20s, she has already taken interest in copywriting and self-awareness programs as tools to contributing her quota to the growth of our society. This is rare; this is the spirit that births impact for a life time. Aniekan is truly an amazon amongst us.
To the younger generation, she has this to say ““The heights reached and kept by noble men (women) were not attained by a sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”.
There’s so much space at the top for ye who dares to assail up. Your place of birth, circumstances of birth or environment is not strong enough to limit you if you have an iron-clad determination to excel. This we have seen in Miss Aniekan and we are elated to celebrate her a world over.
Congratulations Miss ANIEKAN
Comr. Ukeme Udofa
Nais W/W President
Auditor Ani Etokudo
SA on Media and Publicity
09/07/2021