President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria is full of opportunities and prospects for hardworking and persevering young men and women.
President Jonathan stated this yesterday at the 42nd convocation of the University of Nigeria(UNN) Nsukka.
The president, who was represented at the event by the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission(NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, told the graduands that the sky was the only limit to their aspirations.
Jonathan urgedthe private sector to join his administration to transform the universities, especially in the funding for research and scholarships.
“Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is the good quality and high standards of education we are able to give to our children that will assure us of a better Nigeria in the future, ”he said.
He reminded the graduating students that “we are living in an era of globalization, a knowledge-economy, where the search for economic and technological advantage has made competition between countries even more intense.”
According to him, as a developing country, our drive for social progress and economic advancement would depend largely on the progress “we make in research and technology.”
The highpoint of the ceremony was the award of honorary doctorate degrees to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega and two other prominent Nigerians.