…As OyoSUBEB Boss Bags Icon Of Nation Building Award
The Oyo State government has reiterated it’s commitment to collaborate with the African Students Union Parliament, ASUP, in the fight against drug abuse among school children across the state.
This was made known during a courtesy visit by the ASUP to the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OyoSUBEB, in Ibadan on Thursday.
Speaker of the Parliament, Rt. Hon. Kewul Abel, from the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana, sought the state government’s support in ASUP’s ongoing sensitization programme against drug abuse across the African continent, urging the state government to include Fight Against Drugs in its curriculum.
Abel further said that the collaboration aims to successfully curtail the drug menace in Africa, adding that it became necessary due to the rising cases of illegal consumption of prohibited substances, especially among youths.
The Speaker also noted that there was an urgent need for the present crop of African leaders, especially in the education sector, to build on the dreams of the founding fathers of the union, in order to salvage the decay in the education sector.
ASUP also honoured the Executive Chairman of OyoSUBEB, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, with the prestigious Icon of Nation Building Award.
Presenting the award to the recipient, Rt. Hon Abel said that Dr Adeniran, whose rise through his chosen endeavours as an educationist, lawyer and politician has been an inspiration to many.
Abel added that Dr. Adeniran is a leader and a role model of excellence with an incomparable inspiration, whose name will go down in history as one of the most celebrated and most impactful leaders of our time.
Recounting Adeniran’s several exploits in the public service, Rt. Hon. Abel revealed that ASUP cherishes his achievements, which is a morale booster for younger ones.
In his remark, the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Joseph Konan, from Univerisite Felix Houpouet Boigny, Cote-d’Ivoire, praised the efforts of Dr. Adeniran in promoting the basic education sector in the state.
He therefore urged him not to relent in his quest to create an enabling environment for the younger generation, where the less privileged can have access to basic education, as this will further etch his name in the sands of history.
He explained further that the awardee was carefully selected by an international committee of students across Africa, due to his achievements in the basic education sub-sector he supervises.
Reacting to the honour bestowed on him, Dr. Adeniran, who expressed the board’s readiness to work with ASUP in tackling drug abuse among students, noted that OyoSUBEB has put in some necessary measures to curb any form of vices including drug abuse, across the state.
Dr. Adeniran thanked the ASUP for the honour bestowed on him, while dedicating the award to his principal, Governor Seyi Makinde, who he said gave him the enabling environment to operate.
He also expressed his profound gratitude to the board, management and staff members of OyoSUBEB for their unrelenting support and sacrifices at ensuring that the vision of the board is kept alive.
As an Icon of Nation Building, Dr. Adeniran was also given an ASUP Five-Star General Badge, as well as a matching certificate.
Recall that the West African Students Union, WASU, now ASUP, was formed in London in 1925 by Sir Kwame Nkrumah and presently has an estimated 50 million African students under its umbrella.
