Why I Fled From University - Dakore Finally Speaks Out

Despite how hard schooling is in Nigeria with all the strikes and general bruhaha, it is still a thing of societal shame to be called a school dropout. It is no secret that people still see a university degree as a major achievement and something that sets one apart from a person without a university degree, but sometimes, getting this degree isn’t always possible for people.

For Nigerian actress and model Dakore Akande, this was the case. When news broke that Dakore Akande did not have a university degree and was a school dropout, there was a faction of people who regularly shamed her about it, calling her ‘less than’ for not having one.

Now in an interview with Chude, the beautiful and talented actress is speaking out about why exactly she had to drop out of university and what that experience taught her. Are you ready to see what Dakore said? Then let’s go!

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During the interview, Chude asked Dakore about her not finishing her time at the University of Lagos and asked why she didn’t go to a different university to which Dakore said:

You know I did try. I did. Let’s break it down, so first I went in 1996/97 to UNILAG to study Mass Com. But I did a diploma. So I did a diploma in mass com, majored in PR and Advertising. Then I left for a year cuz you have to work for a year to make sure it’s something that you really want to do and so I started working at Casers which is an advertising place. After that I started working at a PR job, Y2Group which is where Emem (Isong) started off. This was before I went back to school. And then because at that time I didn’t have much – nobody knew who I was – my parents had just split up, there were a lot of things going on. My dad wasn’t really there to help me with the admission process cuz everything was different. Just tough.

Then I had to write JAMB again because I didn’t have leg to work my direct entry because I should have entered from Year 2 with a diploma. I now had to write JAMB again. I wrote JAMB and I did very well and I got into Mass Com., the course I wanted. So I started again from Year 1. This is after doing diploma, working, starting again Year 1, Year 2, then Year 2 half, strike started.

During that time I was on television doing Sports TV so even when I was in uni, I was already on TV. So my people were asking what kind of efiko is this girl? But I was so driven cuz I knew that I needed this education to go where I wanted to go. But when the education started getting staccato, it’s not for everybody and I got disillusioned.

I’m trying to finish this thing so I can move on to the next thing and then you guys keep dragging me back, there was a time we were at home for a year. Just at home. So I worked with my uncle who also trained TY Bello in photography. That is to tell you the kind of person I was, I hated being idle and Nigeria was trying to make me idle and I was not going to have it. So I said okay, pata pata if I perish, I perish. Year 3, I was out.

Also, I was being harassed. I was also being harassed by my HOD at the time. So that was also a very difficult situation at the time. So I said you know what? I’m going. I’m done. It’s a wrap.

And people have tried to shame me about this, that’s why I’m talking about this and I refuse to be shamed. It’s not about the degree that will take you to where you want to be in life. I am educated, you cannot say I am not educated because I don’t have a degree.

Dakore is now doing more than amazing for herself with a bustling TV and film career, a fantastic husband, and a beautiful child. She also went on to say that after becoming successful in her career, she applied to schools abroad and got accepted by some of the biggest and most prestigious schools in the world. However in the end, she decided not to go because she didn’t feel it was the right move for her.

In this life, everybody has what works for them. Just focus on staying on your own lane and doing things your own way. Everything that is meant for you will come to you, degree or no degree.

That’s All.

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