One Friday in June, Opeyemi Adeleye, a final-year Accounting student at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), wore a white shirt that her friends had defaced with marker inscriptions as she smiled brightly and posed for photos. Ms Adeleye and her coursemates had just written their final undergraduate examination, and their joy was boundless. They danced, laughed, and inscribed their names and nicknames on each other’s newly bought white T-shirts.
“It wasn’t an easy journey, but every challenge made the experience more meaningful,” the graduating student told Campus Reporter. “After all the sleepless nights, exams, challenges, and sacrifices, I realised that every effort was worth it.”
This is a “signing out ceremony”—one of the numerous activities lined up for the Final Year Brethren (FYB) celebration, a culture that is becoming increasingly popular among Nigerian undergraduates.
“My favourite part of the programme was our back-to-school day,” said Omodolapo Lydia, a 400-level History student at FUOYE. “That moment when we sang those secondary school songs joyfully, putting on our school uniform, made me really happy and reminded me of my secondary school days.”
Students imitate Osun traditional dressing on their FYB Costume Day
