By Mark Ogagan
Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of former Nigeria president Goodluck Jonathan, has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in psychology, guidance and counselling by the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rivers State.
This milestone was announced in a statement released by her media adviser, Chris Okeke, on Sunday, following her official conferment of the degree at the institution’s 43rd Postgraduate Convocation Ceremony held on Saturday.
Mrs. Jonathan used the occasion to counsel Nigerian women and youths on the benefit of continuous learning, stressing that no time is too late to achieve one’s academic dream.
The former first lady who noted that quality education enhances and ensures a better society stated this at the 43rd post-graduate ceremony of the University, where she bagged her honours.
“I feel that no age is too late to achieve your academic dreams, whether you are young or old. If I can do it, you can also do it.
“I believe that even in retirement, you are not too old to go back to school because education provides the opportunity for one to always refresh his or her brain and learn new things. Let me use this opportunity to encourage Nigerian women and the youth to aspire to become the best of themselves through qualitative education,” Patience Jonathan said.
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