Yinka Gbadebo Sworn in as new NANS President

Com. Yinka Gbadebo, the newly elected President of the National Association of Nigerian Students was last Thursday sworn in as them legitimate and democratic 27th President of the association.

The inauguration ceremony which took place at the Abuja International Conference Centre with the theme “Repositioning Nigerian Students for National Socio-political Development’’ had the crème de la crème of the society in attendance and these include the: Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha; Engr. Jide Adeniji, Chairman, Governinig Board of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA); Professor Sidi Osho, Vice Chancellor, AfeBabalolaUniversity, Ado-Ekiti; and Com. Jude Imagwe, SSA to President Goodluck Jonathan on Students and Youth Affairs who represented the Nigerian President at the event.

Shortly after Yinka Gbadebo, who was welcomed up stage with the inspirational and highly-spirited Great Ife anthem, was sworn in, he observed his first constitutional duty as he made his other official members take the oath office to serve the utmost interest of the association

Those who took the oath include: Comrade Jubril Ahmed, Vice President, National Affairs (A.BU. Zaria); Comrade Peculiar Asemota, Vice President External Affairs (A.A.U. Ekpoma); Comrade Ubon Marcus, Vice President Special Duties (UNIUYO); Comrade Olaogun Victor, National P.R.O Comrade (Federal Poly, Offa); Olusina Oyebisi, Director Travels and Exchange (FUT, Minna); Comrade Kalib Abubakar, Director of Sports (Kano State University); Comrade Alaofin Blessing, Ex-Officio1 Comrade (Kogi State University) Others include: Onukaogu Donald, Senate President (FUT, Owerri); Comrade Shima John, Deputy Senate President (BSU, Makurdi); Com.

Daniel Munir Momodu, Secretary General (OAU, Ile-Ife); and Com. Ali Abdullahi Mohammed, Assistant Secretary General (Kano State Polytechnic).

Shortly after that, Engr. Jide Adeniji, the first patron of NANS since 2005 was decorated with the Grand Patronship title. Engr. Adeniji has won several awards which include but not limited to: ICON of Leadership Award for the recognition of his leadership quality in 2005; One of the 50 Outstanding University of Ife

Alumni by the GUARDIAN Newspapers (2009) and his was made the Grand Patron of Niger Delta Students Association in 2009.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State was also given ‘Life Membership’ of the association, a honour the governor described as instrumental to the development of NANS.

Governor Rochas Okorocha has, however, promised never to neglect them and also assured NANS that he would embark on some of the campus tours with the leaders of the association. In his appreciation speech, the Governor also promised to send some of the NANS leaders to China to learn how things are done rightly and progressively by the youths. He maintained that NANS is a very instrumental association to the development of Nigeria because it controls the minds of the heart of the nation, that si the youths.

Past Presidents of NANS also graced the occasion and the legitimacy of Com. Yinka Gbadebo was perfectly and boldly declared against the activities of two presidential candidates who lost woefully at the poll during the NANS Convention last December where Com. Gbadebo was declared the absolute winner.

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