By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti
Osun State College of Education, Ilesha has conferred on the Wife Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, honourary fellowship of the institution
This, according to the institution was in recognition of Mrs Fayemi’s functions in empowering Women and fighting for the Girl Child
The Institution’s authorities conferred the honor on Erelu Fayemi in the 42nd Founder’s Day Anniversary and 27th Convocation service of the faculty, in Ilesha on Friday.
More than 5,000 graduands were also conferred with Nigeria’s Certificate in Education (NCE ) in the ocassion witnessed by Osun State Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, his spouse, Alhaja Kafayat Oyetola and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi.
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The Ekiti First Lady in her acceptance speech, thanked the school’s government for the recognition and pledged to do more for humanity.
She described the honorary fellowship as a call to function.
“On behalf of all of the awardees, I will like to thank the Governor and the people of Osun for this terrific priviledge because each celebrity or award is a call to function. It’s a call to everyone of us to do more.
“We realise that one of the greatest challenge we face as a nation today is sustaining an enviable education sector. After listening to the needs of the institution, we guarantee you that we will leverage on our platforms, our community and competency to support this terrific institution.
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” We all need to challenge ourselves as leaders and we will need to do more for our state and our people. This is because to whom much is given, much is expected.
Mrs Fayemi urged well meaning Nigerians to invest in the country in order to ensure there is lot of opportunities for young individuals.”
” We must give an inclusive society where boys are not more important than women and where men are not more important than women, she noted.
” We would love to live in a society where we all enjoyed respect and dignity. We should continue to do all we can to change the present narrative, from all forms of despair to hope, from doom to a brighter and more promising future. This is a change that most of us here will not take lightly.
Governor Fayemi in his goodwill message, also identified education as bedrock of purposeful development and urged the direction of the institution to continue to try hard in the quest of producing graduates of international standard.
While speaking at the event, Visitor to the school and Osun Governor of State of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola praised the management of the faculty for being professional in discharging their duties. He promised that the State authorities would continue to provide needed support for the overall development of the institution.
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