Speaking with Vanguard, the septuagenarian said she decided to seek for more education to help the society and encourage others who feel that they are too old to seek education.Okonji who declined to give details of herself because she had traveled wide, however said, “I am a retired officer and when you retire you do not have to stay at home dying.
“ It is better you go out and seek for education than staying at home at your old age doing nothing for yourself and the society.”The more you are educated, the more valuable you are to the society,” she said. “Why I came for more education is to help the society and encourage others that feel they can not have education due to age. This is because education has not limit. It is from cradle to death. “ Okonji explained.
Her words: ”Having a lot of children and refusing them to go to school is not fair. Any woman that has the opportunity to have a child must bring that child up wellso that the society will be happy. Because any child not brought up academically will make the society to suffer. According to him, “ I intimated you of the major thrust of the university under my administration during the last convocation. I am glad to inform you that we are on the path to making the University of Lagos greater than the best. This is because we have pursued uncompromising academic standard; local and global networks; innovative fund raising mechanisms; transformation and transnational leadership; and accountability in all university processes.
While inducting the new graduates into UNILAG alumni association, Mr John Momoh, President of the association called on the students to be great ambassadors by playing dominant roles in the institution.
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