Governor Of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has urged Nigerian youths to pursue excellence in all their dealings as in response to him, it's the solely option to construct the type of nation they want.
He mentioned this on Tuesday whereas addressing the subject: “Inclusion, the path to a new nation” at an inauguration ceremony of the 12th Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
The governor, who's an alumnus of the establishment, said the optimistic roles the University has performed in Nigeria and Africa.
He famous that he's the primary alumnus to turn into governor of Lagos State and expressed hope that he received’t be the final.
He, nonetheless, admitted that whereas not everybody will be the state governor, everybody could make a distinction in their very own methods.
Governor Ambode additionally believes that change can solely occur when these clamouring for it, turn into the change themselves.
He mentioned: “All of you can't be state governors, but in your individual approach, you should be leaders that appropriate the course of our nation by bettering our social perspective and relying extra on conscience than on crafty, within the conduct of its affairs.
“We should break down previous partitions, so as to erect a greater residence. Good issues don't simply occur, dangerous and evil come simply as a result of they're the product of widespread human emotions and lapses left too lengthy uncorrected.
“But good and advantageous issues are tougher as a result of they all the time should be crafted with adept care.
“Excellence isn't by chance. It is the product of sensible exertion so that you can reply the decision of this nation, on your era to be higher than previous ones, it's essential to strap your self to braveness.
“You should pair past the instant to examine a greater future and it's essential to have the enlightened decency to refuse to yoke yourselves to historical and irrational biases and hatreds that don't have any place within the nation we search to construct.
“We all must understand this important reality. None of us chooses the world into which we are born, yet we can choose to make of that world, what we want it to be,” he said.