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| Senator Bola Tinubu |
One of the national leaders of the Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN) and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, has said
the detractors of their party only boast empty vision, adding also that their
blustering cannot drown the vision of the ACN governments.
Speaking at the inauguration of Opon Imo, tablet of
knowledge by the Osun State government, in Osogbo, the state capital, Tinubu
said: “The significance of what we witness today cannot be drowned by the
blustering of our political detractors. Their vision can be described in one
word: Empty. We have seen it and there is nothing to it.”
Tinubu also posited that “this milestone will be recorded as
a classic example of how one visionary leader brought the world to his people
and his people to the world. How he empowered them with knowledge, validating
the maxim that knowledge is power.
“Let the bookmakers take note, let the so-called experts
learn from the ordinary people and let the historians write that history is
being made in Osun State this very day. The power of e-learning and its
resultant benefits now wait at the fingertips of our children.
“This was not the result of a gift from a stranger or from
accident. This fine development is the harvest of innovation, hard work and the
commitment to public education and enlightenment of our children by the
governor of the State of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, and his excellent
team.”
Tinubu noted that the introduction of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT), in education and the provision of Opon-Imo
(Computer Tablets) for students in the public Senior Secondary Schools in the
state was groundbreaking and signposted the dynamic future of tertiary
education in the state and beyond.
According to him, “by investing in this modern tool of
knowledge and adapting it to local needs so that our children may more easily
benefit Governor Aregbesola and his administration have improved our
educational resources by a bold quantum leap. Things that once were outside the
grasp of our system to teach or learn are now in the hands of both teachers and
students.
“Knowledge we would have struggled for months or years to
acquire is now available in minutes and seconds. What the governor has done is
revolutionary and beneficial. It is a symbol of the positive benefits of
progressive governance commitment to the welfare of the people and to the
future of our children.
“The governor did not do this to attract accolades. He did
this because it was the right thing to do. He did this not for himself but for
posterity. In so doing, he and his team have acted boldly to secure both the
present and future educational well-being of the children of Osun,” he said.
From Lagos to Edo, Ekiti, Oyo and Ogun States, Tinubu said
the impact of good governance is being felt, adding that “we surely live in a
world of numerous possibilities in which new tools, ideas and technology are
being fashioned to do things more effectively than before. Perhaps, the most
astounding development in the past decade or so has been the opening of
frontiers for acquiring knowledge.”
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