CP: It feels good to have you here on collegeprofiles could you Please tell us about yourself?
IFE: My name is Oluyimide Ifeoluwa Samuel popularly known as IFETIFE (meaning Ife of Great Ife).
I am an African youth who believes that the solutions to the problems in our
Nation lie in our great minds and nothing else. I am currently in
my final year
(a semester left) in my pursuit of a Bachelor degree to become a professional
teacher in Obafemi Awolowo University. I am the president of my department
(Education and Social Studies). I see myself as a very vast and dynamic person.
I am a dynamic cyclist, award winning cartoonist and poet, drama minster, crafts
man to mention but a few. The truth is that I am majorly identified as a
writer, motivational speaker and change agent.
CP: How old are you?
IFE: I am 21years old!
CP: Wooooow...Any position you have held or awards so far?
IFE: Well, I thank God for that. For positions, I was the
first Social prefect (boy) in my secondary school, the founder of the drama
group of the school. I was one of the generational leaders in my fellowship in
OAU. I was one time Assistant General Secretary and General secretary of my
department. And for awards, I graduated with the best result in Art class in my
Secondary school. Here on O.A.U campus, I represented my department as a
freshman in the faculty debate competition in which we came second. I was
awarded as the youngest journalist while in my part two by IFE Educator News
Agency (my faculty board) and Cartoonist of the year by the Association of
Campus Journalist (ACJ), Obafemi Awolowo University to mention but a few.
CP: Are you doing anything that makes you unique among other youths?
IFE: Yes. I was in 300 level when I wrote my first book-
“Unleashing Academic Intelligence” I was actively a part of i360 (a programme
that was dedicated towards painting some necessary places on O.A.U campus in
2012). Presently, with my crew, we are planning OCOAU (Operation Clean OAU); a
platform to engage over a thousand students here on O.A.U campus to clean their
environment in love. Also, I am working with ‘’Joy to Humanity Group’’- a group
with the vision to inspire and motivate students in Nigeria, help people who are
in need amongst other activities. I am also an active instrument in #WEAREMAD
(we are making a difference initiatives) – a platform to keep Nigeria Clean.
I am not a student of
literature in English and I have written far more than 100 poems. I wrote the wide
read poem- Can I kiss you? that was published by Association of Nigerian
Authors(ANA) OAU chapter. I have been a part of many poetry performances and I
am presently working on my Anthology(collection of poems). I have been to
several secondary schools in the country as a motivational speaker where I gave
out some copies of my book. Likewise here on campus, I have been to many
departments and association programmes to speak and I gave out my book in love.
I am relentlessly working on my second book titled- Think Big, Dream Wide and
start small, Volume one; a book where you would hear directly from successful
people in
Nigeria, Africa and the World on how they made it.
CP: what prompted writing your first book?
IFE: Unleashing Academic Intelligence is a book I wrote
during the ASSU strike that lasted for six months in 2013 and it was launched
on O.A.U campus in March, 29, 2014. It was a book that was published after I
worked in pain and discomfort as a waiter in a restaurant, where I earned 8000
Naira per month during the ASUU six-month strike. I learnt how to take as low
as 200 naira to the bank to be kept when cheerful givers (customers) gave me
tips. I learnt to showcase humility because some of my customers were my
juniors in secondary school who in no way knew why I was working there. In
fact, I sold my laptop and overtime I raised over 100 thousand Naira, needed for the salient project. I got to know
the true meaning of “Where there is a will, there is always a way”. Fortunately
for me, the book is not a year yet and I have already published the second
edition. The book is for students (learners who are in school to be
knowledgeable) and scholars (learners who are in school for the application of knowledge
for impact). It is for everybody who wants to work during and after school and
not just a job. To get a work Is to marry one’s passion to the peak. To get a
job is to follow up your certificate to the letters.
It is also for students who want to balance academics
with campus activities. Graduating with great grades and unmatched success in
campus activities and self-development.
CP: When did you start writing?
IFE: I started when I was in primary school. A time when I was dejected and rejected because
I was academically poor and stonehearted. Having a voice like that of a female
did not also help matters. Yet, I was able to write up to three story books and
all were lost on the platform of seized motivation from all aspect. Likewise in
my secondary school days, I wrote a book on determination; I gave it to my
English teacher for editing and he dropped it on his shelf in the staff room
where it gathered dust. I later wrote a poem for a friend here on campus when I
was in part one and she told me that I am a talented poet. So, since then,
everybody around me could easily connect writing with me.
CP: What inspired your passion?
IFE: The love for my country! The will to die empty having given all, and to
leave the world a better place! The
strength to keep living after I had left the world.
CP: What are your philosophies about life?
IFE: Determination with God’s intervention is the father of
distinction. Also, success in my dictionary is another name for consistency
plus passion-oriented activities.
CP: If you are not a writer what else would you be?
IFE: A fashion designer. And an engineer, I was known for
that when I was in junior secondary school.
CP: Who is/are your mentor(s)?
IFE: My mentor—- I have mentors everywhere, when I see
something good about you, I would learn it in no time. Yet, I would give that
position to my mum. She believes that I can be all that I want to be if I am
determined. I remember that I put in for law in Great Ife and I was not given.
She asked if I was satisfied with what I was admitted for and that was all.
CP: A word for the youths out there…
IFE: Youths, you are not a failure struggling with greatness;
you are only working out the greatness in you! I love you all! See you at the
top!
CP: How can people reach you?
IFE: Ifeoluwaoluyimide@yahoo.com
Tel; 2348179393615,
2348143251557(whatsapp)
Facebook: Oluyimide Ifeoluwa Samuel
BBM: 2979363B4
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