OMOLUABI ENJOINS STUDENTS TO TAKE THEIR PLACE IN LEADERSHIP

OMOLUABI VISITS KABBA STUDENTS IN KOGI POLY...

The 2018 edition of Kabba Day celebration in Kogi State Polytechnic was an unprecedented one as the event was attended by the flagbearer of the African Democratic Congress for Kogi West Senate seat in 2019, Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi (OBA) and array of guests and student leaders.

The occassion which is an annual event of the entire Kabba Students in the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, is also meant to be avenue for students to socialize, unite and relate towards the progress of their assocoation and community.

Speaking during his welcome address, Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi described unionism as a movement for advancing the course of a group of people, their onjectives and ideas. He said that student union leaders particuarly of the past , were advocates of the people, opinion moulders, critics of bad policy of government and set agenda for government and society. Omoluabi lamented the dangerous decline and departure from this norms and traditions as is obviously noticed now. He encouraged the students to dump directionless and docile followership and embrace patriotic and people oriented leadership.

The Senate flagbearer charged the students to see 2019 election as opportunity to vote in people that understands the challenges, pains and most urgent public needs, and someone ready, able and competent enough to confront these challenges adequately. "I am a product of virile, articulate, patriotic and people-oriented political and leadership background, I was made of you, made by you, made through you, made in you and surely made for you, I know our basic challenges and I am ready to make the best of representation to come to Kogi West, by the grace of God" Omoluabi said.

The occasion was attended by dignitaries including a former House of Assembly member and Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon James Olumorin, State Chairman of National Youth Council of Nigeria, Comrade Israel Alonge and many others