FORMER American President, Harry S. Truman once said: “Do your duty and history will do you Justice.” This statement summarized why the West African Students Union Parliament (WASUP) recently decorated Reverend Rosemary Ehimiaghe, the Proprietress of Ostra Private School, Ago, Okota, Lagos with 2013/2014 Kwame Nkrumah exemplary leadership honour for work and dedication to human capital development.”

Conferring the award on Mrs. Ehiamiaghe, was majority leader and speaker, WASUP, Saint Solomon, University of Ghana, Legon, who said that the recipient has a longstanding trademark of  hard work and diligence in every undertaking. Her painstaking resolve to leave a legacy in the education system has seen her groom a pre-school  to a state-of-the-art college, Solomon maintained.

Ehimiaghe  is a seasoned educator, administrator; counsellor and ordained minister of God. She had her secondary school education at Bishop Phillips Academy, Iwo Road, Ibadan in 1975.

Thereafter, she worked briefly with NEPA (now PHCN) Dugbe, Ibadan. Her deep love for teaching motivated her to enroll at UMC Teacher Training College for Women, Molete, Ibadan for one year, where she obtained her TC II in 1979.

She then proceeded to Oyo State College of Education, Ilesa (an affiliate of University of Ibadan then) where she had her NCE. She proceeded to University of Nigeria, Nsukka for her Bachelor of Arts (BA Ed) in English Language in 1982. She later did her National Youth Service in Air Force Secondary School (AFSS) NAF Base, Ikeja that same year.

Her dedication saw her subsequently employed by the same institution as an English Language teacher in 1983. She was awarded the best female teacher of the school in 1988, remarked Solomon.