A lecturer at Bayero College Kano, Prof Adetokunbo Adebola, has urged youths to solely go for programs that can make them self-reliant after commencement.
This, he stated, was mandatory if they’d keep away from being jobless after commencement.
Adebola, who was a visitor speaker on the 2024 Odide day cultural ceremony organised by the Ilajo Royal household of Kabba, gave this recommendation in the course of the household’s Banquet which befell on Sunday.
In keeping with him, a lot of the programs youths research at tertiary establishments are out of date and never marketable, urging them to embrace trendy know-how through digital schooling.
“The appearance of Synthetic intelligence is a severe risk to some programs and jobs,” the erudite scholar who’s a retired Wing Commander stated.
Talking on the subject “Love and unity as elements for group improvement,” Adebola harassed the necessity for teens to suppose out of the field and be productive.
He additionally emphasised the necessity for them to shun greed, materialism, and prison acts that will jeopardize their future, including that no matter they invested their energies in doing at their younger age is what they’ll ultimately reap of their outdated age.
Earlier on the ceremony, the president common of the Ilajo Descendants Union, Dr. Samuel Alori stated the Odide Day program is an annual occasion to showcase the wealthy cultural heritage of Kabba and an occasion to carry all of the little children of the royal household collectively in love.
He stated the yr’s version with the theme: “Odun ife ati Irepo” (celebration of Love and Unity) began with free medical outreach, cultural dances, and reward and worship to God on Friday with the invitation of outstanding males of God led by Pastor Shae Bebeyi who led sequence of prayers for the royal household and the Kabba group.
Additionally, the chairman planning committee, Elder James Oluwole Adebola, in his deal with on the event said that
Odide Day celebration is supposed to rejoice the recollections and nice achievements of Obaro Odide, the progenitor of the Ilajo Royal household, and to showcase the wealthy cultural heritage of the traditional city of Kabba
He later led the presentation of awards of excellence to eleven outstanding personalities for his or her excellent contributions to the event of the Owe group which embody the president of Kabba Growth Union, Engineer Emmanuel Ajibero, head of INTERPOL in Nigeria, AIG Idowu Owohunwa and Vice Admiral Joseph Ajayi (rtd) former Defence Chief of Intelligence. Pa Adebiyi, a non-indigene, was honoured for his ” love and dedication to Owe land”
Others who had been honoured for his or her varied contributions to the group are famend entrepreneur, funding banker, and philanthropists. Mr. Gabriel Adetuuntun Bonidefaye Owope, Mr. Banji Jimoh, a famend banker and former Kogi State governorship aspirant, and Olusegun Toluhi, a famend Engineer and a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church.
Others who obtained posthumous awards of Heroes and Heroines of the Ilajo Royal household are the fast previous Obaros of Kabba, Oba Michael Folorunsho Olobayo, Mr. John I Olorunleke, Chief Mrs. Margaret Audu and Chief Samuel Adekunle.
Scholarship awards had been additionally given to twenty Ilajo college students in tertiary establishments. Ten of the awards are based mostly on distinctive tutorial efficiency whereas the opposite ten are in help of the tutorial pursuits of beneficiaries.
On the thanksgiving service held on Sunday on the Cathedral Church of St Andrews Kabba to spherical up the three-day occasion, Bishop Akobe praised the royal household for being peace-loving and targeted on the event and unity of the city and urged them to not relent.
Whereas eulogising the royal household for rounding up their cultural day celebration with thanksgiving within the church, he urged the household to make God the primary in no matter they do and prayed for the Ilajo royal household and the Kabba group as an entire for peace, progress, and improvement.