Ummi proceeds to her departmental registration and she is directed to the HOD’s office. Unknowingly to Salma and to the astonishment of everyone on the queue, the young man she has been conversing with is the lecturer in charge of the registration procedure. Salma does not only create a similarity between lectures and policemen as personalities that can be bribed, she also boasts about her ability to win the lecturer’s favour if she gives him as low as two or three thousand naira. Salma is interrogated by a young man on the queue and he continuously engages her in a discussion but Salma continues to criticize and overgeneralize her opinions about lecturers. Salma goes for her registration much later than everyone else but expresses discomfort and irritation about the delay in the registration process. Ummi further discloses her experience with Salma, a sophisticated young lady. Ummi tells them about the freedom and the carefree life of students in the university, the difficulty in distinguishing between teachers and students with female dressing almost naked and how some faculties are required to be on dress codes. Twenty years ago, Ummi gains admission into the university and gets married to her husband even before she starts her registration. Ummi tells her children how her admission changed her. Ummi recognises her son’s naivety and tries to enlighten him about the life changing capability of university admission. As the family gather to celebrate Omar’s success, Omar boasts of his achievement and takes pride in solely overcoming examination challenges and several other entry procedures while seeking for the admission. Ummi is seamlessly proud of her daughter, particularly, Bint’s intelligent approach to issues and she joins in the discussion right before Omar joyfully announces his admission to study law at the Ahmadu Bello University.
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