VALEDICTORY
SPEECH FOR 2011/2012 GRADUATING CLASS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF
ACCOUNTING, UNIVERSITY OF JOS
Delivered on Wednesday, 24th
October, 2012 by
Olayinka Moses
Beginning today you will no longer
need to wake up in a rush for lectures as has been the practice in the past
four years or so. However, something you must do for yourself is to assume responsibility
without being coerced or threatened to. You must seek the best for yourself and
your immediate society through discipline, hard work and commitment. Use all
your experiences from the University (i.e. the good, the bad and the ugly) to make
yourself a better person.
You are all special fellows in
your right. Seek to be your own version of perfection, learn from people but
never become any other person than your original self. One thing I will like to share with you today
is the fact that life’s journey is not sometimes as smooth as we plan it. Some of
you particularly the least expected ones may turn out the stars of the class,
others with hard work, commitment and dedication may have shaky start, but in
all don’t be perturbed you can only be late but you will surely get there. Remember
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts in
issues of life.
Set your priorities right from
today. If you want to work in a particular place begin to dream and prepare
yourself for it as avowed by Goethe “Whatever you can do, or dream you can do,
begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."Discipline yourself
in the area of finance, avarice and lust. These three are the world most
popular “killer of dreams”. You may need to make new friends from now- which is
normal but be sure who you choose as a company. Make learning a continuous
attitude; even if we keep you here for another four years we will still not be
able to teach everything thing. The enchantment is for you to continue to
improve on your intellectual prowess using what you have learned from us as a
platform.
I want to sincerely appreciate God
for the opportunity He afforded us to meet each other in our life time. Again,
I must say that teaching your class these past years have indeed been a pleasure;
one memory I will keep and cherish for long is that “Saturday we all went out
for jogging”. I thank you all for your support to me and other lectures while
you studied here. I pray you find same and even better help in all facets of
your life. If I pretend that I got all my decisions right while working with
you; I will be grossly wrong. Permit me to humbly seek your sincere exculpation
if you considered any act of mine to have hurt you, but believe me it was all
done out of a good motive.
Please remember your University
and contribute to it when it is financially well with you. Cherish your
classmates and carry each other along for as long as you can. Respect people you
meet in this life, you can’t be sure who you will need next. Till we meet again
in other facets of life remain good ambassadors of our great Department. As affirmed
by Williams Shakespeare “Parting is such a sweet sorrow”; its
sweet because I know you must go for the greater mission ahead and a sorrow because
I will miss every moment we spent together.
Finally, I pray our Good Lord
keep you in perfect health and peace. May He cause his favour to be upon you and
bless the works of your hands.
God bless you!
God bless the Department of
Accounting, University of Jos!!
And God bless our great country!
Thank you
Can't forget this day. still fresh in my memory. I miss my mate. tribute to the fallen- AKOJI WILLIAMS and FEMI MAKINJUOLA. Thanks sir for this. Its a print in the rock of time. We CELEBRATE YOU SIR. CHEERS!
ReplyDeleteIt's almost four years now. Reading these words bring back good memories. Many thanks Sir.
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