Atabor Breaks 9yrs Old Record At ABU’s Electronics And Telecoms Engineering Dept
TECHDIGEST – Another young Abusite, Atabor Hamza Adenoyi from Kogi State has made history in the department of electronics and telecommunications engineering at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria when he bagged a first-class degree in style.
With a 4.83/5.00 CGPA, the young Abusite graduated with the best Undergraduate results from the Department since its establishment at ABU Zaria in 2013.
Celebrating his academic feat, Adenoyi appreciated God for achieving the best result in the department and expresses his wishes to undertake his master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
He said, “At 17, I left the department of Biological sciences in my 2nd year to pursue a degree in engineering, after setting my mind straight to explore my hidden potentials. It wasn’t easy, to begin with, but the determination to keep going gave me the push I needed in those moments…
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“If I were asked to define the entirety of my experience, I would say that I am focused on development, moving from where I am to where I want to be. After making efforts to acquire ICT-related skills (in programming), I was compelled to learn computer networking.
He was part of the contingent of Six students of Ahmadu Bello University who received the Vice Chancellor’s Award in 2021 for outstanding performance at the Huawei Nigeria ICT Competition.
The Competition, which was the fifth in the series, had a participation record of almost 15,000 students from over 2,000 colleges and universities in more than 82 countries and regions globally.
Atabor Hamza Adenoyi led the team the earned first prize in Network Track globally. Others include Emmanuel Abba and Hamza Beita. According to him, Spending time with his team strengthened his passion for learning and gave him more ideas to develop creative ways to teach people.
He expressed appreciation to the head of departmental, Dr. A. D. Usman, his lecturers, family, and friends for supporting him through this journey.
