Dimeji Bankole
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, has urged students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State never to shy away from taking up leadership roles in the society and providing good governance for the country.
Bankole said this during the fourth Legislative/Leadership Summit held in the institution with the theme: Good Governance, Adequate Security and Youth Empowerment: Tripod for a First Class Nation.
It was organised by the Students’ Representative Assembly, the legislative arm of the Students’ Union of FUNAAB.
He advised the students to be firm and resolute in taking part in political activities going on around them.
The former speaker tasked the students to develop a positive attitude towards the state of the nation by making the right choice during elections.
While thanking God for his life so far, he attributed his success to Him, as he told the students to make their education a priority, noting that “there is no success without succession, for what you become today, will rub-off on your children.”
Also at the event, the Comptroller of Immigration, Ogun State, Mrs. Victoria Isang, described the roles of parents and government as unparalleled in empowering the youth.
She said special attention should be accorded education as a major tool for empowerment, noting that any nation that failed to educate its teeming young people was bound to fail.
An official of the Development Finance Office, Central Bank of Nigeria, Titi Matesun, described the youth as the engine room of any nation’s labour force, as he called on the students to imbibe entrepreneurship, in order to be successful in life.
Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole of FUNAAB, who was represented by the Dean, Student Affairs, Prof.Yemi Akegbejo-Samsons, commended the students’ body for organizing the programme which, he said, would be of immense benefit to their fellow youths. Guests at summit include Mr. Adekunbi Oladapo, who represented Senator Adegbenga Kaka, the Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; representative of the Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi; Commandant, Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Mr. Aboluwoye Akinwande
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