Amosun’s wife tasks students on reading culture

Wife of the Governor of Ogun State, Olufunso Amosun, has advised students to cultivate the reading culture in order to perform excellently in their academic pursuits.
The students, numbering about 500, drawn from various schools in Ogun State, were urged by Amosun to embrace peace and always aspire to be the best in all their endeavours.
She implored them not to focus on the reward of good success but to let it serve as a motivational factor to attain greater successes in life.
Amosun gave the advice during the Global Reading Festival 2012 held at the Valley View Auditorium, Isale-lgbein in Abeokuta, the state capital.
She noted that it was important for students to hold on to the nuggets and principles of the “17 Secrets of High-flying Students”, a book written by Fela Durotoye, to improve the standard of education in the country.
According to her: “You have the responsibility to yourself to always do the right thing and when this is done you are working towards peace in the state, the nation and the world at large.
“It will be in your best interest to cultivate the habit of reading to excel in life.”
Reading from the book, Amosun highlighted the 17 secrets of high-flying students to include laws of decision, foresight, motivation, reward, concentration, sacrifice and the supernatural, among others, adding that it was only through hard work and determination that one could achieve greatness.
A creed of promise was presented to the wife of the governor as an Ambassador of a generation that is empowered, motivated and spurred to life a life of integrity and honour.
Durotoye, who is the Coordinator of the Gemstone Global Reading Festival, said it was aimed at reviving academic excellence in schools and educational institutions, which would in turn build Nigeria into the world’s most desirable nation to live.
Dorotoye was represented by the Ogun State Director of Gemstone, Pastor Rotimi Bolaji, who said the book would be read simultaneously in 17 cities and 17 countries to encourage students to master the habit of reading in order to improve on their studies and become better students.
He said the festival would be sustained to achieve the vision 2025 that would enable Nigerian students score As in 80 per cent of their courses by December 31, 2025.