By Grace Edema
The Covenant University, Ogun State, has advised the 2021/2022 graduands to be poised to take responsibility so as not to become liabilities.
Speaking at the 17th Convocation, ‘Release of Eagles for 2022,’ Chancellor of the Institution, Dr David Oyedepo, explained that responsibility was the price for greatness, saying everyone was responsible for the outcome of his or her life.
He added that gross irresponsibility had wasted destinies.
You can always tell what awaits a young man by where he stands today. You either take u responsibility or become a liability. Life begins with a vision, finding direction for one’s life. You have located it now, how prepared are you for it, anyone can tell what tomorrow holds simply by doing or not doing. Be poised to take responsibility otherwise, you become a liability, everyone is responsible for the outcome of his life, no one goes forward sitting down, you work at the future, and you are not a failure until you point accusing fingers at others. Commitment to one’s greatness is responsibility. Nothing keeps a man on his toes like his sense of responsibility.
The Pro-chancellor, Pastor David Abioye, who spoke on ‘The power of courage,’ said, “Therefore, I admonish all graduands that as you depart with your certificates, take courage along as a necessary virtue to challenge status quo, face oppositions, to dare the undarable, to set new records, to create new marks and to discover new grounds.
“Every notable conqueror testifies to courage as the foremost weapon. In fact, the highest level of expertise or most sophisticated weapon of war is of no effect without courage. ”
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, said a total of 206 students bagged First-Class degrees at the Convocation while a total of 1,934 students graduated from the institution.
Adebayo said that the institution was on a rescue mission in education, adding that CU had determined to raise a new generation of leaders that would restore the lost glory of the black race.
“In just two decades of its existence, Covenant University has become a leading world-class university and the best higher education destination for students in Africa.
“In addition, Covenant University emerged as the best university out of the 111 private universities in Nigeria by the Prestige Nigeria Education,” he said.
Source: The Punch