Graduation : Dokun Odebunmi Advocates Quality Education , Says It Is Priority Legacy
Graduation: Dokun Odebunmi Advocates Quality Education , Says It Is Priority Legacy .
Hon. Dokun Odebumi has emphasized the importance of quality education and described it as a priority legacy. He also reiterated the need for parents and guidance to see it as a major inheritance to be left behind for their wards.
He made the call while addressing congregants at the First Baptist Church, Oko, in Surulere Local government, Oyo-State during a special thanksgiving and graduation service held in honor of Rev Dr T.S. Kolade who has just recently completed his doctoral degree in Theology.
In his address, Member, House of Representatives from Surulere/Ogo Oluwa Federal constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, Hon. Dokun Odebumi noted that Education is the social institution through which society provides its members with important knowledge, including basic facts, job skills, cultural norms and values.
In his words , “People need a good education to be able to survive in this competitive world because modern society is based on people who have high living standards and knowledge that allow them to proffer better solutions to their problems’.
Odebunmi charged the congregants to pursue quality education with vigor because it is the only instrument that enables the process of the nation’s fast development. “If you have a good education, you can serve your country well through development of a good political ideology”.
He congratulated the celebrant, Rev Dr. Kolade on his rare feat and applauded members of the family and the church at large for making his decision easy and attainable. He charged the celebrant to continue to provide quality example that he is reputed for and serve as beacon of light to the coming generation who already see him as a good role model.
In attendance are eminent personalities like Oranmiyan of Òkò , Ọba Solomon Olagoke Akinola, the President, Rev’d Dr Thomas Niyi Ojo, The Registrar (NBTS), Rev’d Dr. Délé Oluwole, Olumomi of Maami, HRH Oba Amos Oyetunji, Former President, Ogbomoso Baptist conference, Rev’d Dr I.O Olaniyan among others.
