Nigerian Man with Masters and PhD Admissions Cries for help to further his Education, Carries Placard

- A Nigerian man living in the United Arab Emirates was given five postgraduate admissions but he has no money to fund his academic dreams

- According to the man identified as Ola Balogun, he was given two PhD and three masters admission

- While some tweeps believed that his story is genuine, others were skeptical about it

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A young Nigerian man who was given five postgraduate admissions has taken to social media to solicit for help to further his education.

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Ola Balogun, who lives in the United Arab Emirates, said he was given two PhD and three masters admission but he was financially incapacitated to sponsor his education.

Sharing a picture of himself with placard, the young man urged tweeps to retweet his post so he could receive help from people around the world.

In his words:

"My name is Ola Balogun. I live in the Emirates and I work in a LAUNDRY. I have Two PhD & Three Masters Admissions. My Salary cannot fund my educational dreams. Please retweet till we find a sponsor. What God cannot do does NOT exist. #Scholarships #PhD #research #AcademicChatter."

Tweeps were soon in the comment section of the post to share their reactions.

@olumuyiwaayo wrote:

"Congratulations on your great feat. You can get fully funded scholarships in the US/Asia. Uk is very expensive while visa issue without scholarship in Germany is a big deal. I would suggest CSC, KGSP, DAAD, Erasmus et al."

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@nwaocheimarvel commented:

"We have people with only masters here, teaching in polytechnics and colleges of education. So I beg to differ, if he actually knows what he had studied all this years. He won’t have a reason to go UAE in the first place."

@sarahanmy said:

"Don't listen to all these haters!! So happy for your success and hope to help you succeed MORE!! My mother came from Vietnam during the war and now is a millionaire after her masters and 30+ years working in software dev. I can help set up GoFundMe."

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In other news, a lady identified as Tori Umoh has expressed gratitude to Nigerians who helped pay her school fees of N146,000.

Tori took to her Twitter page to solicit help from social media users as her exam was fast approaching and she needed to clear an outstanding of N146,000.

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The University of Lagos student went back to the same platform to update those that helped her in clearing the debt.

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Source: Legit.ng