2021/2022 CONVOCATION LECTURE

2021/2022 CONVOCATION LECTURE

"The big things should not be the focus but the small things that make up the big things"

Universities should leverage on creating a knowledge system that promotes innovation and entrepreneurial growth”- Professor Kingsley Moghalu

 

The Onyx graduating set was evidently blessed as there were important personalities on seats to deliver eloquent speeches. The Former President of the Republic of Nigeria, General Olusegun Obasanjo, and the CEO, Sogato Strategies President, Institute for

Governance and Economic Transformation, Professor Kingsley Moghalu were the guest speaker for the day and they delivered.

 

In his speech, Professor Moghalu stated that until we rescue ourselves from this quagmire, we are going nowhere. Vision, passion, and innovation are what we need to take us somewhere.

We should not be thinking about the short term but the long term, for the betterment of the future.

Knowledge is power because we can take an informed decision, and we are applying knowledge in our everyday life. We don’t know everything, but the need to know is what differs.

 

 

“Understanding should be added to Knowledge, so many people have knowledge without understanding”- Former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In his speech, he stated that there must be political will and political action. The idea is to reinvent the country and get it right.