When I was ten years of age, I was nicknamed “Mr Experiment” because of my inquisitive nature and I dreamt of becoming a surgeon, but that was 10 years ago. As I progressed in life, I realised I had more interests in studying the behaviours and actions of people and why they did what they did. Soon I was firmly set on a career path and after, I progressed into Central University, Ghana, one of the country’s most prestigious educational institutions, for a B.Sc. Economics program. It was awesome because I had the opportunity to explore and learn about the things that I actually have interests in, ECONOMICS. Consequently, my undergraduate years have been the most pivotal years of my life. I remember the first Statistics class I attended, where I realised we could make predictions from just numbers with the help of regression. It was truly exciting for me and thanks to the rigorous curriculum that was offered, we were exposed to a wide range of subjects but my favourites were Development Economics and Econometrics. I was fascinated by the subjects so; I engaged in personal practices and hosted tutorials for my colleagues.
I learnt to apply theoretical concepts to practical issues to create profound solutions. This skill helped greatly in the execution of my undergraduate thesis. With the European illegal migrants’ crisis, of which many of them kept dying at sea, it was disturbing and shocking that people kept embarking on such life-threatening journey. So, I decided to carry out an academic research in that phenomenon to discover why and how people formed migration intentions. With insightful contributions from my supervisor, I introduced the effects of social media on the formation of migration intentions, of which was the first of its kind in that literature. I employed the use of questionnaires to fetch primary data and the results were astonishing. With my experience in that aspect, I have come to the belief that research is the most interesting aspect in the professional life of an economist.
My education has inspired my interests in emerging Economics field such as developing economic policies on migration and labour issues and most especially development economics. These areas have great research promises and this prompted the determination of advancing my education with a master in economics degree. I am currently working as a Graduate Assistant at Arthur Jarvis University, Nigeria and the experience from the role; offering help to students from different backgrounds, supervising examinations, providing tutorials, grading papers etc. has further reinforced my profile and interests in the field of economics. My future career goal is to work with a well-respected and credible research team to proffer solutions that will make positive changes for the future of humanity.
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Moreover, the skill set and experience of the faculty members of the University of Manitoba, including Prof. Loxley John, of which I am familiar with a few of his research works and the kind of facilities, training offered, I believe I will be a pioneer in creating ground-breaking ideas. I learnt a lot from the research by Prof. Loxley John, on African migrants in Canada and I firmly believe that a Masters of Arts in Economics from the University of Manitoba will give me the same sophistication in applying economic techniques. As much as I love Development Economics, I want to get a broad education in Economics. The University of Manitoba has a great reputation for great researchers, a rigorous curriculum and I hope the admission committee looks favourably on my application into the Economics and Society stream of the M.A. Economics degree. I am an insightful and meticulous student who has serious interests in the field of economics and most especially a resolve to succeed and make my community proud. I am prepared for the big leap in my career as an economist with the hope that I am given this kind of opportunity and this is why I have chosen to apply to the University of Manitoba.
