Shun Laziness, strive to be self reliant – President Tinubu tells Nigerian graduates

From: Ajiya Ayuba, Bauchi

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu at the weekend has tasked graduates at the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University to shun laziness and strive to be self reliant, as a way to overcome challenges.

Tinubu made this known while addressing Graduands during the combined 4 set convocation of the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University, which took place at Gubi campus in Bauchi state.

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu who was represented by Mr. James Ochedo, a director University department, Federal ministry of education.

He said that they all have to be needed energy and the amount of sacrifice to put in order their future to be greatly determine the level of success people will achieve in building for the development of Bauchi State and Nigeria at large.

” Nigeria has abundant resources to make it economy one of the greatest in the world. The Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University is a technologically based University. I urge you to use this platform to come up with workable solutions to our technology challenges”

President Tinubu noted further that: ” Your institution have what it takes to do that. Nigeria is waiting for your positive response to the solutions we so desire to be innovative and competitive”

” I encourage to pay renewed attention to establishing technology villages in your communities to enable a platform where your theoretical findings can mend with the interested productive sector for the benefit of our small and medium industries ” he stated.

Earlier in a remark, the Vice Chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University ATBU Bauchi, prof. Muhammad Ahmad Abdul’Azeez commended the president for the removal of the Nigerian tertiary education from the Integrated Personal Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

Prof. Abdul’Azeez further thanked the federal government, Bauchi State, Federal ministry of education, national Universities commission and the tertiary education trust fund for standing tall in building public schools in Nigeria and making the convocation ceremony to be reality.

The vice Chancellor, prof, Muhammad Ahmad Abdul’Azeez however, urged the graduands to make good use of what they learned from the University, for the development of their lives, their various states and Nigeria in general.