Be Innovative, Don Urges New UNIFEMGA Award Recipients

Date: 2013-02-20

A University don, Prof Bayo Lawal has urged newly honoured members of Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA) not to rest on their oars by being more creative to attain greater success.

This is contained in a statement issued in Ibadan, Oyo State by the National Public Relations officer of the Association, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun.

Lawal gave the advice in a lecture he delivered in Ilorin at the third annual Honours' Day of Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA).

In the lecture entitled: "Managing Success Through Innovation", Lawal said the only way for the awardees to manage their successes was through creativity and being innovative.

The Professor of Statistics, said with the advent of Information Technology, especially with the use of internet, the skies should be the limit for the awardees, especially those of them in the academia.

"The use of internet for staff and students and even businessmen, is a must for success", he emphasised.

Lawal advised UNIFEMGA to develop a viral network of alumni with a database for job creation and for necessary contacts.

While congratulating the awardees for their outstanding performance, he commended the Association for being a pro-active Muslim Alumni harnessing the potentials of its members.

Earlier, the chairman of the occasion, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, Secretary to Kwara State Government promised the support of the government to the association.

Gold represented by Alhaji Raufu Ayinla, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, hailed the dynamism of UNIFEMGA and urged it to encourage other Muslim alumni to emulate it.

In his welcome speech, the National President of UNIFEMGA, Prof. Wahab Egbewole said the programme was to recognise and encourage excellence and professionalism of its members.

He called on the 22 members who were honoured to continue to uphold excellence, integrity and selflessness.

Egbewole, a Professor of Law, and also a recipient of UNIFEMGA award, urged the awardees to see their achievement as "a stage on the way to somewhere else" .

"It is my hope that the honourees will seize this unique opportunity to renew their commitment to UNIFEMGA, continue to discharge their responsibilities to the Association and give back as a way of showing appreciation for the great honour done them", Egbewole said.

The 22 recipients include two serving Vice Chancellors, seven Professors, One Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), two Permanent secretaries, 7 Ph.D. holders, one Justice of the Court of Appeal, retired Commissioner of Police and Alhaji Ahmed Popoola, a distinguished economist-accountant, for dedicated service to UNIFEMGA.

The Vice Chancellors are Prof Saburi Adesanya of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye and Prof Musbau Akanji of Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna while the SAN is Alhaji Abeny Mohammed as well as Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Adewale Abiru.

UNIFEMGA had so far honoured 69 of its members since inception of the National Honours' Day in 2011.

Over 250 delegates of UNIFEMGA and their friends were at the Honours' programme.

 

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