Saratu, who is from Kano State in northern Nigeria, struggled in school because her parents couldn’t afford to send her to a good school.
But after a video of her doing mathematical wizardry went viral, a kindhearted Nigerian man named Bashir Ahmad became the first to fund her education through his Bashir Ahmad Foundation (BAF).
“The Bashir Ahmad Foundation has successfully completed Saratu Dan-enrolment Azumi’s in a Gaya LGA school. Saratu is a talented out-of-school girl who answers math problems with ease without being instructed. Her education is funded by the BAF through university, the Foundation stated on Twitter in August.
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Her words, as quoted by Premium Times, which was, in turn, quoting the News Agency of Nigeria:
“I am good in mathematics, whether addition, subtraction, division or multiplication. I can calculate numbers in millions ‘up head’, without writing or using a calculator.
“I left school because of bullying. My peers used to call me names which I detested. I will not go back to that school. I’ll be happy to continue my studies in another school, away from them.”