Faculty: Land and Food Systems
Program: Master of Food Science
Year: 2018
Country: Nigeria
Passionate, excellent, determined, ambitious and honest, are just a few words that can be used to describe Arawu. Having grown up in Nigeria, he has witnessed the increasing rate of diabetes cancer and obesity. Arawu’s ultimate goal is to help the poor gain access to quality food, to reduce the disease rate and enhance the lives of Nigerians, and eventually, all Africans. This fueled his interest in pursuing a Masters in Food Science at UBC as he believes it will help him solve the problem of fake food products in Nigeria. In the near future, Arawu hopes to become an accomplished researcher, an asset in decision & policy making in Nigeria’s development process, establish a nutritional-genetic research laboratory in Lagos, and win the Nobel Prize in Health through Innovation along the way.
Arawu is looking forward to the vast multiculturalism that Vancouver nurtures, and connecting with the outstanding faculty, staff, and colleagues that UBC has to offer.