Rasheedat Ajibade, Super Falcons’ main star at the just concluded Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, understands the importance of education after narrating how she bagged her second degree during the lockdown.
In a chat with CAF on their website and also cited on The Nation, Ajibade who has a degree in Accounting from Lagos State Polytechnic explained why she had to delay her move into professional football to get a second degree in Sports Psychology from Barca Innovation Hub.
Ajibade said: “My family likes education. I feel like I had to finish my degree first. It was important for me to finish school because I was also underage to move abroad so it was a bit challenging because when I saw people that I was older than playing in Europe – while I was still playing in Nigeria – it was tough.
“Education is very important because you can fall back to it after you are done playing football. “I made up my mind to do it (second degree), and it was a little easy because I was studying from home due to the pandemic. In the end, I finished and I thank God. I want to do more, get more certificates.”
The 22-year-old attacker was named amongst 32 players invited by Super Falcons Head Coach Randy Waldrum to Nigeria’s camp for the AWCON in Morocco. Ajibade could be seen taking some boxing drills as well as also joggling the ball simultaneously as she tries to keep fit. The Atletico Madrid striker was also captured running some joggling skills inside the swimming pool in a rigorous training routine.
