Ado-Ekiti—Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has canvassed for dialogue as the only way out of the recurrent violence in the Niger Delta,
Militants under the aegis of the Niger Delta
Avengers had declared war on the FG, destroying national assets, and incurring
huge financial losses, running to billions of naira and massive reduction in
the production of crude oil, which output was put at fifty percent of its
original capacity.
While the Federal Government’s military option to hunt down
the militants appeared to have failed, Governor Dickson joined his voice with
that of other leaders in the region, calling for dialogue between the militants
and the federal government as the only way out of the logjam.
Dickson also
urged both parties to come to a round table and dialogue for peace and
stability.
The governor gave the advice at the weekend during the Ekiti State
University (EKSU) ‘s 21st Convocation ceremony where he was awarded with
Doctorate Degree in Public Administration in recognition of his exemplary
leadership.
The governor received the honour alongside the Chancellor of the
University and traditional ruler of Aramoko-Ekiti, Oba AbdulAzeez Adegoke
Adeyemi, and the Ekiti State-born legal luminary, banker and oil and gas
magnate, Mr.
Gbenga Oyebode, while a total of 18,685 candidates received the
institution’s Degrees, Diplomas and Post-graduate Diplomas.
Giving the
breakdown, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Oye Bandele said 3,054
are full-time, 392 Sandwich, 10,613 from Affilliate colleges and 3,937
part-time students.
In the post graduate category, 78 are PhD degrees, 366 for
Masters, 127 for professional Masters and 118 are for Post-Graduate Diploma. In
all, he said a total of 24 students made First Class honours degree.
Let us
fight food insecurity, Fayose charges Nigerians Meantime, the Ekiti State
Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has called on Nigerians to pay more attention to
agriculture, saying there is food insecurity in the country that must be
tackled.
He stated this also during the 21st convocation ceremony of the Ekiti
State University, Ado-Ekiti.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu
Adelusi, quoted the governor as urging fresh graduates and school leavers to
see different segments of agriculture as fertile ground to secure employment.
“Let us focus on agriculture because we are not only fighting Boko Haram and
insecurity but we already have food insecurity and when you have food to eat a
large part of the problem is solved.
It is not everybody that will build house, but every one of us must eat, even if it once a day.
“Those that are
graduating, the queue out there is long and white collar jobs are rare, those
who even have such jobs, are they paid regularly? The situation is getting
tougher every day. We must invest more in agriculture,” the governor said.
Fayose, who lauded the EKSU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oye Bandele and his team for
their efforts, said they still needed to look inward to generate more revenue.
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