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Ex-envoy tasks politicians on selfless service

 Victoria Campbell

 

Former Nigerian ambassador to the United Kingdom and Pro-Chancellor, Pan African University, Lagos, Dr. Christopher Kolade, has attributed the ill and devastating state of the nation to the misplacement of duty and nonchalance to work exhibited by political office holders.

He stated this in Lagos at the District Education and Welfare Endowment Fund (DEWEF) organized by Rotary International held in December where he was the guest speaker at the forum.

Christopher Kolade, an industrialist also suggested that integration and being proactive are essential in paving a way for the desired change in the country, noting that the youths are viable tools in making this reformation a reality.

“My suggestion is that we need to turn our attention to the young people in our nation before we lose them”, he said.

According to him, politics is a call to service to humanity and the nation at large which requires a selfless sacrifice, in contrast with what is obtainable as the existing status quo in the country.

In the same vein, the representative of Ogun State governor and the commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Abimbola Ashiru, testified to the importance of diligence to work as he attested to the fact that the extant government of his state is walking in that light.

Earlier in the day, the chairman of the occasion, a business icon and the founder of Diamond Bank plc, Dr. Pascal Dozie, while delivering his opening speech explained that DEWEF is a societal assistance initiative established for the purpose of rendering the services of Education, Health, poverty alleviation and other assistance pertinent to the welfare of the people. He further urged everyone present to support the scheme so as to be part of the reformatory process in the state and the country at large.

Dignitaries present at the event were; The Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwan Akiolu; the former Deputy governor of Lagos state, Princess Sarah Adebisi Sosan; the former Minister of Health and Social Services, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, among others.

 

Pix L-R: Rotn. Kennedy Ejakpomewhe, District Governor Rotary Club, Dr. Pascal Dozie, Chairman of the Occasion. Prince Julius Adelusi- Adeluyi, Chairman DEWEF Board Trustees, and Dr. C. O. Kolade, quest Speaker discussing.