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In this episode of Studentship, we interview an Economics student who shares what studying Economics is really like in Nigeria — from choosing the course to surviving lectures, and exploring future career opportunities.
If you’ve ever wondered whether Economics is the right course for you, this honest conversation will help you understand what to expect, the challenges involved, and how to make the most of the program.
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So hello there please what is your name
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and your department?
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Okay my name is and I'm from department
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of economics.
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Wow. Economics department. So can you
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tell us a little bit about your
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department what it's all about? Uh for
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me I'll say economics department is
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about learning every day. It's about
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versatility
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and I think getting to have a basic
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knowledge of the economic world in
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general. So that's economic departments
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for me. Okay, that's very nice. And how
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many years do you study this course for?
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Okay, we study economics for 4 years.
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And it's not just 4 years of being in
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the classroom. It also entails you
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studying about what happens outside the
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classroom outside what they teach you.
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And also apart from studying we go on
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conferences, excursion where we get to
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meet highly
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I say high people in the economic world
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most of them which have created from the
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same department which I am now. We have
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most of them as governors as head of the
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fs which is the federal inland revenue
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services. So we have a lot of them in
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the outside sector. That's why economics
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does not just teach you how to behave in
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the classroom. It entails bringing you
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out of your comfort zone. Okay. So
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that's that's that's very nice. So you
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guys go outside on conferences and the
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rest of them. Do you guys go on it? No.
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No. We don't do it in my department but
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we go outside on conferences a lot. And
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we also not just going outside we also
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bring in
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people from outside like CBN governors.
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We have um conferences with them most
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times online. Then we bring them to the
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department to to give us an oversight of
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what it is being in their position and
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having the kind of capacity that they
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are able to have. Okay. So please just a
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little you know tell me why did you
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study this course? Why economies?
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Sincerely sincerely speaking. At first I
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have no reason. I think I was always
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drawn to the course cuz I would say it's
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the same thing as being an economics
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student in secondary school, but I was
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always drawn to economies while growing
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up. My mom would say because I was
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stingy, but
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but I knew that was not the reason. I
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was just interested in knowing what it
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feels like to be not just an economist,
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a political economist at that. So I was
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just interested knowing what it is to be
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in power, how it is to have such money
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and how to manage it and invest it in
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the sectors that really matters. Wow.
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Wow. So um what job opportunities are
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available for um graduates of this
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particular course? H where do I even
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start from? Okay. Being a grad of
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economist people will be like any any
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department that involves you can work
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anywhere means you cannot work anywhere.
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But I'm here to tell you that being a
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graduate of economies, you are a jack of
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all trade and master of all. Cuz there's
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nothing I would say proudly there's no
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sector you cannot work in the economy.
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Is it the finance sector, the public
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sector, name it, I will just give you
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instances of graduates that have come
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like Soludo for example is a grad of
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department of economies and I'll say
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he's very well to do being the governor
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of an amra state and not just a governor
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a proud economist at that. So I'm going
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to tell you that studying economics
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doesn't mean you know you can work in
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the banking sector. I'm telling you
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anywhere anywhere I think it's just
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mindset once you put your mind to it I
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think you are good to go and again
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economy give you a basic level a basic
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understand of entrepreneurship
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it means you are diverse you not just
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sit down in the office you can also have
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other and it doesn't limit you to just
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economist you're open to law you're open
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to political science you're open to
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banking and finance management name so I
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would say economics is versatile as a
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grad of economist you're versatile wow
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so Um there's this um thing that people
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say that um for you to study economics
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you have to be like you know very good
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at mathematics. If you don't know
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mathematics you're going to struggle a
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lot in the course and everything. So say
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I want to study economics and I'm an
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average mathematics student. I'm not
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like you know up there in mathematics.
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Do you think it's something I can do? I
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would say it's something you can do cuz
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I've always been an average mathematics
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student. You're surviving.
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I'm surviving. You have a choice. First
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of all, you can be an average mathemat
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sometimes when you apply for a course,
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you don't get it. They will put you
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somewhere. So when you find yourself
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there, you have to man up and be there.
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You don't have a choice. So as an
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average mathematics, I would say you can
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do it because economics is not just
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about basic mathematics. I need to go
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deeper. So we have different sectors. I
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would just say as an average
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mathematical student, you can do it.
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There's nothing like I said before once
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you put your mind to it, you have it. I
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know many people in my department they
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just average when we got here but now
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they're having a 4.2
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GPA. So yes you can do it as an average
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as an average student in any course not
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just mathematist you can do it once you
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set your mind to it. Okay, let me go a
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little bit personal. Please tell us
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about your day-to-day life as a economy
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student, right? My dayto-day life.
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That's a story for another day if I put
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it like that. Okay. I'll say it's back
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to back actually to manage Nigeria is
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not a smart thing. So, it's back to
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back. We have back to back lectures. We
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have
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back to back practicals. That was one
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thing. We don't they don't just teach
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the theoretical aspects. We have
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particles on data analytics and the rest
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of them. So we have back back to back
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practicals but it's what we do for the
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for the scientific case but for the love
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of God because for love of your country
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yes
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I'll say it's okay although at times
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it's traumatizing. I'm not going to lie.
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But like I said when you know what the
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final result is what we look at at times
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like that. Look at the final results.
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what we're going to get at the end of
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the struggle and everything. So that's
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just it for me. Okay. So I would like to
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know you know a memorable experience
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that you've had so far maybe in the
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school at large or in your department
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particularly. Okay. For me I'm not
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really an events kind of person but I'll
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say a memory event maybe the picnic. We
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held an echo picnic and we do movie
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nights too. So events like that are
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captivating and when we have seminars
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with notable men in the country and
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outside the country too. So those are
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events that I said that are memorable
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cuz they are quite impactful too.
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So that's Wow. Sorry. And I'll echo it
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too. It's very very interesting.
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Wow. Wow. So um do you have so say um
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you know somebody that just you know
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wrote jam and is you know aspiring to
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study economies maybe not just in UNA
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maybe somewhere else just you know tell
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us the advice you have for that person
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as somebody that has gone before and has
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seen you know what it is over there.
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Okay, I'll just say but he said not just
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in I have friends studying economies not
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just in Nigeria alone I was like I said
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just come prepared just come prepared I
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not don't come relaxed at all I don't
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come just come prepared for what is
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ahead like I say it's a very fun course
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and at the same time it's a very
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struggling course but when you are
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prepared you'll be able to overcome
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everything that comes forth with the
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cost so just come prepared as a jer
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your mind
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Why me? Cuz guy
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I say okay if I'm to say my best course
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in this department it's going to be our
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mathematical economist from here too. It
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was and lecturers to make things easier
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for us.
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Thank you so so so much and we wish you
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all the best in your pursuit. Thank you
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so much. Thank you very much for having
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