In order to surmount the mirage of challenges facing Nigeria as a nation, leaders and followers in the country have been advised to imbibe the culture of developing positive mindsets and selfless service.
A renowned educationist and philanthropist, Dr. Fola Akinosun gave the admonition during the Annual Press Week of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Broadcasting Corporation chapel held during the week.
The lecture this year was titled “Nigeria Challenges: way out,” it was held in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
Dr. Akinosun, who is the Agba Akin of IrokoLand believed that Nigeria’s challenges could be traced back to pre-colonial era, where there was no solid foundation and indigenous input in the creation of Nigeria.
He identified dissemination of fake news particularly on social media, get-rich-quick syndrome among the youth and unnecessary celebration of wealthy individuals with questionable characters by the media as some of the problems bedeviling the country.
The Founder of Foreign Link Polytechnic, Ife was conferred with the “Excellence in Educational Development Award” by the Union for his contribution towards the development of education.
Dr. Akinosun was also honoured as the Union named after him, the OSBC station’s ICT/E-Library to commemorate the annual event.
In his philanthropic gesture, Dr. Akinosun presented the Union with scholarship forms for not less than 250 youths to study in different educational capacities and cash gift.
Dr. Akinosun, also in his acceptance speech dedicated the honour to the Osun State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola and former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao Akala, who recently clocked 70 years of age.
Dr. Akinosun had earlier visited Governor Oyetola, who described him as an unrepentant supporter of the state’s education sector through his public/private initiative.
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