Mama Habiba Samanja completed her secondary school education as an adult at the age of 59. She graduated from the LCCN Cathedral Memorial College Comprehensive, Yola on August 9, 2023.
In this interview with HitGist she reveals why she had to go to secondary school at such advanced age.
Tell Us About Yourself Mama.
I am a cleaner at LCCN Cathedral, Yola. I’m a widow, my husband died 19 years ago. He died in 2004. He was a policeman. I had three children, but one died, remaining two. I’m from Song local government in Adamawa State but I live in Yola. I will be 60 years in November.
How Did You Manage To Train Your Kids After The Demise Of Your Husband?
When he was alive, we both managed to train them in school but after his death, I had to do it alone. I had to farm, sell the produce to get money and sponsor them in school.
When my husband died, my eldest child was schooling at Federal College of Education, FCE, while the other one was in junior secondary school, JSS2. I couldn’t sponsor them further, the one in secondary school after graduation didn’t further and same thing with the one in FCE.
