The Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Financial system, Dr Bosun Tijani on Saturday mentioned that certificates alone can not assist obtain the nation’s dream affluent financial system as envisioned below President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Dr Tijani mentioned that Nigerian graduates should subsequently prioritise utilizing the abilities and information they acquired whereas at school to be drawback solvers and including values to the nation’s financial development and prosperity.
The minister made the decision on Saturday in his keynote handle delivered on the thirty fifth convocation of the Olabisi Onabanjo College, In the past Iwoye.
Addressing the graduands, Dr Tijani mentioned, “Whereas the certificates you’re taking dwelling are vital, it shouldn’t be the tip of all of it as a result of as a nation, we don’t simply develop by certificates we develop on utilized information and productive abilities that come from related establishments similar to Olabisi Onabanjo College, In the past Iwoye”.
The minister urged the graduates to think about the varied levels obtained from the college as devices to make an impression that might profit humanity and uplift mankind.
He defined, “What you’re leaving with is an instrument, the instrument that should make you’re taking impression as an project. You need to not consider that as you’re graduating you could have arrived, it’s essential to slightly see it as being deployed to make impression within the society.
“You must go on the market, discover an issue in your atmosphere and use the abilities you could have acquired to unravel the issue that may profit the world.
“Go and make impression, make the world loads higher together with your academic coaching and abilities obtained on the college”.
Tijani mentioned that Nigeria’s problem at this time is just not about ambition however about productiveness including {that a} affluent financial system is constructed when abilities are utilized with objective.
He disclosed, “When Farmers, academics, engineers and public servants all elevate the usual of what they do, the society will get higher. Nigeria’s prosperity won’t come alone from insurance policies however from tens of millions of Nigerians making use of their abilities with intent and objective.
The minister has subsequently charged the college within the nation to proceed to offer qualitative training that helps to deal with the true societal challenges and that helps the $1trn affluent financial system drive below President Tinubu.
Tijani mentioned that there’s really no financial system on the planet that grows quicker than the relevance of its universities and the standard of their graduates. “When a college aligns its studying and educating with the true society’s wants prosperity turns into an consequence not simply an aspiration,” he mentioned.
The minister introduced a donation of a digital laboratory for the college to additional entrench excellence in tech training within the establishment.
Additionally talking on the convocation, Governor Dapo Abiodun reaffirmed the dedication of its administration to investing in making qualitative training accessible to the residents of the state.
Abiodun emphasised that continued funding within the training sector is pivotal and important to securing the state’s future.
Talking earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the college, Prof Ayodeji Agboola mentioned {that a} whole of 5,808 undergraduates are graduating with 147 incomes First Class, 2,051 had been within the Second Class Higher Division; 2,927 within the Second Class Decrease Division; 571 had Third Class Diploma, 26 had a Cross Grade, whereas 86 had been unclassified being graduates from the medical programme.
Prof Agboola mentioned that the college which is ranked sixteenth amongst 321 universities within the nation has continued to sustained its 100% accreditation of its programs and likewise added 9 new programmes comprising seven undergraduate and two postgraduate.
The Vice Chancellor additionally introduced the appointment of three Professors Emeritus for the college and they’re Prof Adewale Sule-Odu, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Prof Adetola Olatunji, former Provost, Obafemi Awolowo School of Well being Sciences, OOU and a notable columnist with The Punch newspapers and a Professor of Economics, Sheriffdeen Tella.
The Professional-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the college, Prof Toyin Ashiru whereas rejoicing with the graduands urged them to be worthy ambassadors of their respective households and the establishment and subsequently keep away from something that might stain their integrity saying that “disgrace may very well be very costly”.
Spotlight of the convocation included the conferment of honourary doctorate of science of the college on Mr Ayo Ojuroye, founding father of Optimum Financial institution and Chairman, Mango Asset Administration.
Ojuroye whereas appreciating the honour accomplished him by the college pledged to construct a 750-seater ultra-modern complicated for the college at its Sagamu campus contained in the Olabisi Onabanjo College Educating Hospital.
