The student affairs department of the University of Nigeria, Enuugu Campus (UNEC) in collaboration with Comfort Literacy Intervention &Capacity Enhancement (CLICE) Foundation, Consumer Advocacy & Empowerment Foundation (CADEF) and Achsah Growth Initiative have called on the Federal Government to provide a better education system for Nigerians.
The call was made at an event organised to mark the 2019 United Nations International Youth Day recently in Enugu state recently.
“Youth unemployment seems to be defying solutions, not minding the various palliatives governments at Federal and State levels have introduced. Drug abuse and suicide have increased among youths” said Elochhukwu Chukwuekezie Moka, associate dean of student affairs, UNEC in a statement.
“It is well known that any society, community or country without youth has no future; preparation for that future depends largely on what is done today for the development and betterment of the youth,” Moka said.
Speaking extensively on how education can be a transforming anecdote, Professor Chinedu Nebo in his key note speech, states that complete transformation through education is key in any society.
He stated that it is imperative that Nigeria as a country provides a better education for her people if it truly wants to transform its societies.
Speaking further, Prof Nebo linked proper transformed education to Christianity. “A Christo-centric view of education makes all the difference in the world, owning to the fact that Christianity is the source of modern education.”
“Education on the other hand, is the bedrock of change and transformation; Education may be applied to obtain either positive or negative result,” he further said.
He identified servant spirit, server humanity, tenacious faith, discipline, conviction, competence, being teachable, focus, character and integrity, discernment, humility and meekness, compassionate, persistent, visionary, confidence, amongst others as attributes of a transformed society.
He also admonished students to emulate positive peer pressure, that is, one that inspire them to achieve academic excellence rather than the negative ones that make them lose focus, feel depressed and attempt to committing suicide.
Josephine Okojie
