…Charges Youths Not To Rely On Small Certificate
The Olu of Imasayi-Yewa, Oba Lukman Adeleke Kuoye has said that his award of doctorate degree on social works at the Lagos State University (LASU) is an encouragement to other monarchs.
Oba Kuoye was among the 11,195 graduants at the 27th convocation ceremony of the institution, held at the Buba Marwa auditorium, inside the school campus at Ojo, Lagos.
The elated monarch while speaking with newsmen, stated that his motivation was to lay a good foundation for the traditional institution, saying that being a monarch should not be a barrier to the pursuit of academic achievements.
He charged the Youths not to rely on small Certificate they have with them, saying that they are on the Earth for a purpose.
While narrating his experience in the period of his education, he revealed what he worked on in his thesis and admonished government and the society not to handle the situation of people with mental disorder with levity hand.
“When I scendd the throne I never knew I will continue , I was on the struggle of my PHD before it happened but because of focus and determination, finally accomplished it and I want to tell you that I want to start another masters program again because I have not gotten to where am going because I am still going afar.
“I want to lay a very good example that being an oba does not deprive you from achieving your goals, the passion i have for education can not be undermined”.
“I do not see as challenges but because of the passion and the focus, I am here today. It won’t be a surprise if some of the obas will be going back to see because it is one of the cardinal reasons why I continue that I achieved this so that they will know being an oba does not deprive you from achieving your goals.
“My message is, to me you can not do it is out of my own dictionary, i can do it and I will get there and I have done it and I am here now so my message to them is that this thing i have achieved is about challenge to the young ones that don’t rely on the small certificate you have with you , to me master degree is small, PhD holder will tell you master degree is small, master degree wil tell you first degree is small so we thank God, my message to them is that they must know that they must accomplish one of the aims they are on earth for”.
“Yes, they are numerous if you see an oba that is well educated, the way he will be governing his kingdom will be different from those that are not educated and is not just about going to school, attaining the certificate but getting to the root, my research was on people living with mental disorder, I want to tell you in the next 3, 4 years if care is not taken we would be picking people with mentally disorder because of drug abuse. I have gone to the field, I have seen that and what we don’t know is that not every body that have mental disorder is being cursed or a spell, depression caused it in many ways”.