A former Minister, Professor Taoheed Adedoja has called upon Nigerian Youths to hing their hopes of succeeding in life on education.
This call was made on Tuesday by the former Provost of the Federal College of Education(Technical)Oyo at the 2018 Seyi Makinde Bursary Scheme in Ibadan, in the capital city of Oyo State.
Prof. Adedoja who was the Chairman of the occasion, said ”It is about empowering our youths. The election is coming in 2019, what do you need for the election? Show your Permanent Voters Cards(PVC), the PVC will allow you to vote for the candidates of your choice, the PVC cannot empower you, the PVC you have today, will only take care of 2019, your PVC for life is education”.
”It is about life empowerment. Empowering our youths for the future, for self-development, for the development of the country. The beneficiaries are indigent students. The future of Nigeria lies in nothing other than education. When the election is over, you will put the PVC in your pocket. And after then, it is the scheme that that would determine how successful you will become in life.The founder of the scheme is not just assisting you to develop Nigeria, but to develop yourself. The fact that you have a figure in this country that believes in you and you believe in him is good”.
”The secret behind the success of anybody is education. This is a life long scheme, but I will like to urge the Board of Trustees to monitor the beneficiaries”, Prof. Adedoja concluded.
In his remarks, one of the dignitaries at the occasion, Dr. Saka Balogun prayed that the beneficiaries would also become founders of similar schemes.
However, for Primate Ola Makinde, a former Prelate of the Methodist Church, the bursary must be used for the purpose it was given.
”The older generation know the value of education, it is not the same with the younger generation. You are to use the bursary to buy books and pay for your school fees and not for buying I-phones”, Primate Makinde counseled.
In his remarks, the sponsor of the scheme, Engr. Seyi Makinde said ”My message to the beneficiaries is that if I can do it, you can do it. We started this programme in 2006 and we did not select based on religion and political affiliation, but the selection was based on the fact that you are indigenes of Oyo state”.
The maiden edition of the scheme in 2006, had as Chairman, the incumbent Governor of Oyo state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
Out of a total of 10,000 applicants, 2,500 were shortlisted for the bursary awards. The bursary awards are meant for students of Tertiary institutions of Oyo state origin.
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