Peter Obi addressing the students.
Obi visits Corona School, Gbagada
By Valentine Amanze
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has assured that despite poor political leadership and economic hardship that the future still holds great for Nigeria, given the dream and focus of the upcoming generation of youths.
Obi gave the assurance to the students of Corona School, Gbagada, Lagos, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
Obi, who was the guest speaker at the Class 6 graduation ceremony of 2023/2024 session, also urged the graduands to believe in their dreams and aim at changing the future of the country.
He charged them not to depart from the high standard of education imparted on them in course of their studies.
Obi, who was excited by the ambitions the graduands expressed, said, “I am sure that given your aspirations, you will change the country”.
He extolled the graduands for believing in themselves, adding; “that is a picture of a better Nigeria. Your future will be better and more exciting”.
Obi in a group photograph with the graduating students and teacher.
Obi however said that the present problems holding down the country were not insurmountable.
He tasked the graduating students that as ambassadors of the Corona, they should protect the image of the school anywhere they find themselves.
“In you, I see future leaders, great patriots, brilliant scholars, successful statesmen and patriotic Nigerians who will lift the country to the next level”, he assured the pupils.
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The former governor was reacting to an address by the Head Boy of the graduating class, Toluwanimi Adams, who had pledged on behalf of his colleagues, to sustain the principles of perseverance, confidence and hardwork which they were taught in Corona School.
Adams, who had once invited Obi to their family house, promised that he and members of his graduating class would not let the school down as they progress in life.
Echoing similar line, the Head Girl, Michelle Adeleke, assured of making the Corona School proud in their future callings.
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