In a rare display of ingenuity among the female sex within her age grade; Miss Aisha Dahiru Abu-Mawashi, daughter of Brigadier General Mohammed Dahiru Abu- Mawashi has won 14 out of 16 prizes in her college last promotion examination.

Currently in Junior Secondary School Class 3 at Zamani College, Kaduna, she won the 14 out of 16 prizes for students with outstanding performances in 2024 promotion examination.

When she was in JSS 1 she had won prizes in 15 out of 17 subjects including prize for overall best student in JSS1 in year 2023. She took First position in 13 subjects and second in two subjects.

She received a total of 16 prizes out of 18 for outstanding performances in Year 2023.

At the same Zamani College, Aisha whose mother Mrs. Halima Abu-Mawashi is a lawyer, while in JSS 2 class also won prizes in 13 out of 16 subjects and was overall best student in JSS 2. She came first in 12 subjects and second in one subject. She received a total of 14 prizes out of 16 in 2024.

Born on 3rd May, 2011 in Kaduna, Aisha?s hobbies including reading, horse riding, taekwondo, swimming and badminton. She also loves playing chess, Monopoly and surfing the internet.

Aisha?s ingenuity led her into participating in Maths Olympiad national competition in July 2022 while at Mary Travis Primary School, Kaduna. She once came second overall in the contest but in contemporary time, she has not been participating due to the increased volume of subjects she is taking. Remarkably, she was one of those interviewed by the Nigerian Television Authority?s reporters crew during the July, 2022 competition for displaying excellent characteristics during the competition.

It is interesting to note that while at Mary Travis Primary School, Kaduna, Aisha had left in 2022 as the best graduating pupil. Subsequently, she got the highest score of 239 out of 280 to secure admission into Zamani College in the school?s entrance examination that year.

Naturally, Aisha?s high level performances over the years have continued to attract some misconception from her classmates as some have often said to her hearing that ?she is a witch? because they could not comprehend the source of her ingenuity.

Occasionally, such classmates would indulge in playing some mischievous tricks on her, like taking her flash drive from her bag and dumping same in the trash basket. It has occurred twice. Sometimes, they would glue her padlock so that she could not get access to her locker.

Some of her classmates have even gone ahead to steal her food ostensibly to spite her. Surprisingly, Aisha has remained undeterred with such distractions intended to make her lose focus.

In all these, the young Aisha may have learnt some lesson which easily aligns with her mother?s personal experience also at the postgraduate school where some of her course mates showed dislike because she was always the first to answer lecturers? questions. Aisha once told her, when she brought up such issue up at home, ?Mama now, you understand what I go through everyday.? (Daily Independent)

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