Ijeoma Okafor, not her real name, was denied admission to study Nursing/ Physiotherapy at the Lagos State University (LASU) in 2023 because she is not from the catchment area, despite getting all the required credentials.
Okafor scored 255 in her UTME, her O-level grade scores for the five compul
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