Mrs
Bolanle Ambode, the Wife of the Lagos State Governor on Friday urged students
to shun cheating, but focus on hard work and honesty to become great. Ambode
made the appeal in her speech at the Lagos Back to School Students Competition
and Convention, organised by a non-profit organisation – A Fresh Start
Initiative.
The
wife of the governor, represented by a Lagos lawmaker, Mr Segun Olulade, urged
students to lay solid foundation on great values, for a great life.
Bolanle
Ambode “You must devote full attention to your studies for great performance in
your school and public examinations. Learn to rely only on your ability and
never on cheating because it never pays in the long run.
“Discover your purpose
early in life. You must dare to dream. “To dream is to have mental picture of
where you want to be in future or what you what to become in life, patterned
after some great role models,’’ she said. Ambode also urged students to have
faith in God and display positive traits to excel in life.
“With faith in God,
you have divine direction; with honesty, you enjoy trust and confidence of
people around you; with hard work, you are covered because you can always rely
on your efforts and ability for good reward, rather than people’s generosity.
“With morality and humility, you are endeared to the people, making you readily
acceptable and greatly loved. You must attach utmost importance to your
academic studies. In fact, it should take pre-eminence over any other
engagements,’; she said. Ambode urged students to discover and develop talents
in sports, singing, painting, craft or other skills and potential along with
academic studies early in their lives.
The wife of the governor advised the
girls and the boys to be morally upright and avoid all anti-social activities.
According to her, girls should avoid indecent and immoral acts, treasure their
bodies as greatest assets and distance themselves from everything that can
rubbish their dignity.
She urged the boys to shun cultism, drugs, bad gangs,
indiscipline, absenteeism from school and such acts capable of putting them in
trouble or their future at risk. Ambode, who commended the organiser training
the young people for future leadership roles, said the future belongs to the
young people. In his goodwill message, a former Clerk of the Lagos Assembly, Mr
Segun Abiru, said that government across levels should give priority to youth
development to give Nigeria a great future.
“We need to train our children; our
society is where it is today because of lack of attention to youth training and
mentorship,’’ he said. The immediate past Sole Administrator of Agege Local
Government, Mr Oluwagbenga Abiola, urged parents and government to guide the
children and give them opportunity to excel by providing enabling environment.
Mr Dayo Israel, the convener and coordinator of the initiative said: “I totally
believe that we need to empower young people; we need to equip, inspire and
challenge them to become successful. “This is a mentorship programme to inspire
Lagos students. We want both parents and government to encourage the young ones
to excel, and prioritise investing in children.’’ Also speaking, a motivational
speaker, Mr Stephen Akintayo, urged students to take advantage of opportunities
in blogging, freelancing, information and e-commerce, among others, to excel.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, organised in partnership
with Gleehd Foundation, was held at Teslim Balogun Stadium and attracted
hundreds of students drawn from different schools
Bolanle Ambode
“You must devote full attention to your studies for great performance in
your school and public examinations. Learn to rely only on your ability
and never on cheating because it never pays in the long run.
“Discover your purpose early in life. You must dare to dream.
“To dream is to have mental picture of where you want to be in future or
what you what to become in life, patterned after some great role
models,’’ she said.
Ambode also urged students to have faith in God and display positive
traits to excel in life.
“With faith in God, you have divine direction; with honesty, you enjoy
trust and confidence of people around you; with hard work, you are
covered because you can always rely on your efforts and ability for good
reward, rather than people’s generosity.
“With morality and humility, you are endeared to the people, making you
readily acceptable and greatly loved. You must attach utmost importance
to your academic studies. In fact, it should take pre-eminence over any
other engagements,’; she said.
Ambode urged students to discover and develop talents in sports,
singing, painting, craft or other skills and potential along with
academic studies early in their lives.
The wife of the governor advised the girls and the boys to be morally
upright and avoid all anti-social activities.
According to her, girls should avoid indecent and immoral acts, treasure
their bodies as greatest assets and distance themselves from everything
that can rubbish their dignity.
She urged the boys to shun cultism, drugs, bad gangs, indiscipline,
absenteeism from school and such acts capable of putting them in trouble
or their future at risk.
Ambode, who commended the organiser training the young people for future
leadership roles, said the future belongs to the young people.
In his goodwill message, a former Clerk of the Lagos Assembly, Mr Segun
Abiru, said that government across levels should give priority to youth
development to give Nigeria a great future.
“We need to train our children; our society is where it is today because
of lack of attention to youth training and mentorship,’’ he said.
The immediate past Sole Administrator of Agege Local Government, Mr
Oluwagbenga Abiola, urged parents and government to guide the children
and give them opportunity to excel by providing enabling environment.
Mr Dayo Israel, the convener and coordinator of the initiative said: “I
totally believe that we need to empower young people; we need to equip,
inspire and challenge them to become successful.
“This is a mentorship programme to inspire Lagos students. We want both
parents and government to encourage the young ones to excel, and
prioritise investing in children.’’
Also speaking, a motivational speaker, Mr Stephen Akintayo, urged
students to take advantage of opportunities in blogging, freelancing,
information and e-commerce, among others, to excel.
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