The first female Professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria Prof. Stella Okunna has charged Nigerian students to embrace hard work and a positive attitude as they are visible driving forces to achieving success in life.
Prof. Okunna gave the charge at this year’s 2021 Uga Professor’s vacation programme for secondary school students, held over the weekend at Uga, Aguata Local Government Area of the State.
In her address, Prof. Okunna described the programme as an avenue mapped out to contribute to the training of the younger generation to embrace education from a tender age and train them for future academic success and contribute meaningfully to the development of society.
Earlier in his remarks, Chief Edwin Okolo who chaired the event, said the programme was aimed at equipping the students with intensive coaching classes and career talks that would guide them with the knowledge and skills to excel in their academic pursuit.
While Okolo attributed many changes in society to loss of values and illiteracy, he said adequate knowledge of direction to maximize talents will lead society out of shells and ugly situations. He further reminded the beneficiaries that quality education guarantees knowledge that would help them live an accomplished life.
Again, he urged the students to cultivate learning attitudes and morals so as to maximize their potential, stating that the first step of learning is learning how to learn. He also advised them to maintain self-value, leverage on their personal values and work to improve their image in society by wearing the ornaments of education.
In his remark, a retired Professor of Surveying, University of Lagos, Prof. Christian Ezeigbo said the essence of the programme was to prepare the student for their future careers.
Ezeigbo who is the Chairman, Uga Professors, commended the sponsor of the programme, Mr Nonso Okpala, for toeing the path of charity to humanity. He called on the rich in the society to emulate his style and consider putting efforts to sustain the growth of education that will lay a successful foundation for their communities and country at large.
The retired university don further maintained that the programme has provided a rare opportunity for many students who have benefitted from it since its 9 years of existence to gain admission to the university.
The programme sponsor and founder of Chude and Ego Charity Foundation, Mr Nonso Okpala, in his speech, noted that the decision to sponsor the programme was borne out of the interest of providing everything possible in education and healthcare delivery to better the lives of the people and society.
He promised to sponsor the university programme of any product of the centre who is able to achieve the highest performance in the subsequent university entrance examination encouraging the students to take their studies seriously, so as to become providers of help in the future to society when fully established.
Speaking on behalf of the students that participated in the programme, Miss Chioma Oluoba, an SS 1 student of Immaculate Hearts secondary School, Uga, charged her fellow students to rise up and leverage on the bountiful opportunities presented to them during the training programme.
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