The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has urged Nigerian youths not to lose hope in Nigeria.
He said the current challenges confronting the nation will be surmounted, and the country will rise stronger and better.
The prominent monarch advised the youths to be creative and focused and deploy their God-given talent to develop the country and take it beyond its current abysmal position.
He spoke at Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) on Friday, during the 10th convocation ceremony of the private university held at the Ado- Ekiti campus of the institution.
His words: “I want you to go out there and apply the positive knowledge you have garnered here to better your lives and this our nation. There is no other place we can run to.
“Don’t lose hope in our country, be courageous and use your brains and energy to help our governments to develop wherever you find yourselves.
“You are very lucky to have attended ABUAD, a university that combined learning with character. You have also learned one skill or vocation here that you can apply to be employers of labor, rather than job seekers. So, I congratulate all of you and your parents.”
At the ceremonies, no fewer than 1,673 graduates bagged different degrees, with 121 of them decorated with first-class honors.
Also, the founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), urged the youths to work assiduously and halt the drift in the education standards in the country, saying no nation progresses beyond the qualities of its productive population.
