Mr Akinwunmi
Ambode, Lagos State Governor, has urged Nigerian youths to pursue
excellence in all their dealings as according to him, it is the only way to
build the kind of nation they desire.
He said this while addressing
the topic: “Inclusion, the path to a new nation” on Tuesday at an inauguration
ceremony of the 12th Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
The governor, who is an alumnus of the
institution, stated the positive roles the University has played in Nigeria and
Africa.
He noted that he is the first alumnus to
become governor of Lagos State and expressed hope that he won’t be the last.
He, however, admitted that while not
everyone can be the state governor, everyone can make a difference in their own
ways.
Governor Ambode also believes that change
can only happen when those clamouring for it, become the change themselves.
He said: “All of you cannot be state
governors, yet in your own way, you must be leaders that correct the direction
of our nation by improving our social attitude and relying more on conscience
than on cunning, in the conduct of its affairs.
“We must break down old walls, in order
to erect a better home. Good things do not just happen, bad and evil come
easily because they are the product of common human feelings and lapses left
too long uncorrected.
“But good and fine things are more
difficult because they always must be crafted with adept care.
“Excellence is never by accident. It is
the product of wise exertion for you to answer the call of this nation, for
your generation to be better than preceding ones, you must strap yourself to
courage.
“You must pair beyond the immediate to
envision a better future and you must have the enlightened decency to refuse to
yoke yourselves to ancient and irrational biases and hatreds that have no place
in the nation we seek to build.
“We all must understand this important
reality. None of us chooses the world into which we are born, yet we can choose
to make of that world, what we want it to be,” he stated.
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