ANOTHER HONOUR BESTOWED ON ME BY SENATOR EKWEREMADU

ANOTHER HONOUR BESTOWED ON ME BY SENATOR EKWERE MADU

A “Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Education” was bestowed on me at the weekend by the ICT University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, during the 5th Commencement Ceremony of the Cameroon campus of the University.

I delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony in which I warned that Africa’s march to greatness may never be realised until leaders devote themselves to building egalitarian societies where no man is oppressed, but everyone is given the opportunity to excel, irrespective of gender, religion, tribe or political affiliation.

The just concluded FIFA World Cup in Russia leaves us with loads of lessons. More than half of the French 23-man squad- Umutiti, Pogba, Mbappe, Dembele, Kante, among others- are young men of African origin given the opportunity to excel, not minding their roots.

Giving everyone the opportunity to become the best he or she is capable of also accounts for the success of nations like the USA. It is called the American dream