{"id":10507,"date":"2017-01-24T10:54:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T09:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=10507"},"modified":"2017-01-24T10:54:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T09:54:16","slug":"i-drove-taxis-and-worked-as-a-guard-to-earn-my-phd-kayode-fayemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/i-drove-taxis-and-worked-as-a-guard-to-earn-my-phd-kayode-fayemi\/","title":{"rendered":"I drove taxis and worked as a guard to earn my Phd \u2013 Kayode Fayemi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has challenged Nigerian youths to explore and utilise their creative ability to develop the society.<\/p>\n

Fayemi gave the challenge while delivering the 2016 convocation lecture at the University of Lagos.<\/p>\n

He said that one of the failings of the society was its inability to give young people enough room to explore their creative abilities.<\/p>\n

The theme of the lecture is: \u201cBuilding a Successor-Generation: Reflections on Values and Knowledge in Nation Building.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

According to him, there is need for young people to be given chance for self-expression and make mistakes to avoid repeating same later in life.<\/p>\n

He further said that young people did not optimally take advantage of opportunities where they existed.<\/p>\n

The minister said that a university, being a \u201cmacrocosm and microcosms\u2019\u2019 of the larger society ought to be the ground for students to explore and make mistakes in a protected environment.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019Macrocosm and microcosm refers to a vision of cosmos where the part (microcosm) reflects the whole (macrocosm) and vice versa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe earlier we realise that no one owes us anything, the better for us and the more prepared we will be to face challenges of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not think you are entitled to a job just because of your parents\u2019 influence or what they have.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not think things will be all rosy because you graduated from UNILAG with good grades.<\/p>

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\u201cBe prepared for surprises and disappointments, because life is bound to hand you a couple of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only guarantee you have in this life is what you do for your selves with the grace God has bestowed on us all,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Fayemi urged youths to be prepared to bend backwards and do those things they might consider to be beneath them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you need to know, however, is that as a UNILAG graduate and a postgraduate student in the United Kingdom, I have driven taxis and worked as a guard amongst other several menial jobs to survive.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Earlier in a remark, a retired Maj.-Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, said there was the need for leaders of today to give the younger generation opportunity to lead and serve the country.<\/p>\n

Nwachukwu, who is also a former Senator, however, said that for such opportunity to be effective, the younger generation, too, must be prepared to be mentored.<\/p>\n

The lecture was part of activities lined up for the institution\u2019s 2016 convocation.<\/p>\n

The convocation proper begins on Jan. 24, with the award of degrees, certificates and prizes to students found \u2018\u2019worthy in character and learning.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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