EDUCATION, THE HOPE TO THE FUTURE:Former VC OAU
Excerpt:Courtesy of Vanguardng
FORMER Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Bamitale Omole has described quality education as a tool for nation- building.
The former VC who presented a paper at the Founder’s Day/12th Matriculation ceremony of Caleb University, Ikorodu-Itokin Road, Imota, Lagos, said education is the pathway to nation-building as it gives people the required skills to keep themselves out of poverty, thereby providing the gateway to prosperity and creates wealth for the citizens.
In the paper titled: Where have the youths gone? Nigerian youths and nation-building, he said that educated citizens especially youths, bring fame\, wealth and prosperity to a nation. He said: ‘’All these are factors towards the nation-building and education creates awareness of what is right and what is wrong. Education is a vital investment for human, economic and capital development in any nation.”
Obafemi Awolowo University He admonished Nigerian youths to keep away from drugs and social vices in order to be focused and be useful to the nation.
‘’Today, we find Nigerian youths who are into drugs, social vices like Yahoo Yahoo, Yahoo Plus, Advance Fee fraud, Internet fraud, alcoholism and sexual immorality.
The question is: could the youths who are involved in all these vices have good conscience or the moral right to hold the leadership of the country accountable when they are into these nefarious activities?‘’ He admonished them to abstain from these criminal/despicable activities in order to achieve the desired goals, ‘’afterall, it is said that whoever wants to come to equity must come with clean hands.”
He said the youths should be at the forefront of global change and innovation and this can be achieved through quality education.
FORMER Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Bamitale Omole has described quality education as a tool for nation- building.
The former VC who presented a paper at the Founder’s Day/12th Matriculation ceremony of Caleb University, Ikorodu-Itokin Road, Imota, Lagos, said education is the pathway to nation-building as it gives people the required skills to keep themselves out of poverty, thereby providing the gateway to prosperity and creates wealth for the citizens.
In the paper titled: Where have the youths gone? Nigerian youths and nation-building, he said that educated citizens especially youths, bring fame\, wealth and prosperity to a nation. He said: ‘’All these are factors towards the nation-building and education creates awareness of what is right and what is wrong. Education is a vital investment for human, economic and capital development in any nation.”
Obafemi Awolowo University He admonished Nigerian youths to keep away from drugs and social vices in order to be focused and be useful to the nation.
‘’Today, we find Nigerian youths who are into drugs, social vices like Yahoo Yahoo, Yahoo Plus, Advance Fee fraud, Internet fraud, alcoholism and sexual immorality.
The question is: could the youths who are involved in all these vices have good conscience or the moral right to hold the leadership of the country accountable when they are into these nefarious activities?‘’ He admonished them to abstain from these criminal/despicable activities in order to achieve the desired goals, ‘’afterall, it is said that whoever wants to come to equity must come with clean hands.”
He said the youths should be at the forefront of global change and innovation and this can be achieved through quality education.
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