The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Oye Ekiti, (FUOYE), Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina has hailed a student of the institution, Chef Dammy Damilola Adeparusi for reaching over 120-hours as she continues her cook-a-thon.
The 300- level student of the department of Mass Communication may have equalled and surpassed the record set by Chef Hilda Baci if certified.
Baci had her longest cooking marathon (individual) of 100 hours certified by the Guinness World Records a few days ago.
Chef Dammy as she is fondly called, had cooked on a stretch of 108 hours as of Tuesday, when the Vice-Chancellor of her university, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina paid her a visit.
Fasina who was accompanied by members of the University Governing Council and the Management team said the visit to the student chef was to further encourage her on her resilient spirit to achieve greatness with her skills.
The VC said that the institution will continue to encourage its students to pursue their dreams with sound and functional education being painstakingly impacted on them.
According to him, “We are very glad with your resilient spirit in achieving greatness by showcasing your skills and talents as a chef. You have made us really proud globally by showing to the world that we have students who have been well tutored and inspired to take up the gauntlet and achieve greatness with their God-given talents and skills.
Fasina handed over a cash gift of N200,000 to the student chef who appreciated the VC and said she was overwhelmed with the show of love and encouragement coming from the members of the Governing council, the management team and the VC.
