Sound education crucial to human, national progression, says Oyedepo

Chancellor of Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State, Dr. David Oyedepo, says laying a solid educational foundation remains a step towards achieving national and human advancement.
 
Addressing guests and parents at the 15th matriculation of the university, where 2, 153 freshmen took their matriculation oath, Oyedepo said the difference between developed and undeveloped nations is the ability of the former to provide comprehensive education capable of engendering positive change for its youths.
 
He said for the African race to be great and achieve its desired development, it must ensure sound education for its citizens, as that was the model used in the developed climes.

The cleric added that it was on this premise that CU was birthed to provide sound and purposeful education capable of producing world leaders.
 
Identifying poor leadership as Africa’s greatest challenge, he noted that it is only the right kind of leadership that would bring about the right kind of development, values and disciplines.
 
He said, “Sound education is a sure foundation of every nation, as education has the power to turn things around.  The reason some nations are termed developed, developing and undeveloped is the level of their investment and commitment to education. African continent desires leaders who can change the image of the black nation. It is time to find the starting point of our problems and begin to tackle it.
 
“Our educational institutions need to, through their training raise leaders who can step in and solve societal problems, and also address the massive unemployment in the country. The vision of CU is borne out of the passion to train leaders that can change the world; we must raise critical thinkers, innovators and trailblazers who will rewrite the history of the black man and embrace national patriotism.”
 
To the freshmen, he said, learning is a lifelong activity, if you stop learning you start dying, enjoy learning as eating to find your way to leadership. See yourself as potential leaders and aspire to be world changers.
 
Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Aderemi Aaron-Anthony Atayero, had earlier stated that every matriculation exercise provides the university opportunity to painstakingly accept and process new raw materials into finished and refined product for the benefit of the African continent and the world.