PGA Unveils The Students's Fortress In 99 Schools

By Dayo Adesulu 

No fewer than 4000 students from 99 secondary schools from District I, covering Agege, Alimosho and Ifako-Ijaye Local Government, stormed the Agege Stadium, Lagos to witness the unveiling of the Students’ Fortress Club’in the schools. 

Disclosing reasons for such Club in schools, the Convener, Babs Olugbemi stated that without highly educated, literate, skilled, intellectually brilliant and self-confident youth, a nation is toying with its future, and undermining its existential capacity. 

According to him, Nigeria has a large youthful population with 60.4 million youth within the learning age of 10-24 years as at 2014. In his breakdown, Olugbemi noted that the percentage of the youth with secondary education was 60 percent while those with postsecondary education were 19 percent. Leadership and capacity building: He said: “The decline from 60 to 19 in the percent of students that progress the secondary education stage is a cause for concern for the future leadership and capacity building of Nigeria.” 

He pointed out that the scenario has directly attributable to the low success rate recorded in the final secondary school examinations organised by the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC and the National Examination Council, NECO. He averred that the conference is timely and we’ll thought through interventions that will lead to the emergence of academically progressive youth, productive employees, customers and result-oriented leaders to support a strong Nigerian economy. 

Determined to help students, he said, there will be online tutors for English, Mathematics, Biology and any other one subject after a student registered in www.thestudentsfortress.com. Meanwhile, Mr Fela Durotoye in his keynote address urged the students to learn, adding that people who read are better informed to take right decision that affects organisation and the nation positively. 

According to him, the more you read, the better your ability to lead. Durotoye, while motivating the students, tasked them to aspire to reach the peak of their educational career by studying hard, adding, “The higher you go in your education, the better you are to earn more.” Said he, “A school certificate holder cannot earn more than N40,000 per month, working for five years. 

Just as a first decree holder cannot earn more than N80,000 per month, working for five years. And a Master degree holder, cannot earn more than N150,000 per month, working for five years. He opined that the road to success is to ensure you make a positive impact on everyone you meet and everywhere you go. 

Potential to succeed Secondly, you should do your best in all you do, particularly the things you are naturally good at. You must do the right thing at all times regardless of who is doing the wrong. On his part, Dr Maxwell Ubah, who was the guest speaker spoke on ‘The Lead to Success,’ revealed how he rose from nothing to someone through the encouragement from his class teacher. “My teacher helped me realised I have a potential to succeed. 

He said that you must realised that you can succeed, adding that if someone believes in you and you don’t believe in yourself, you cannot success. He urged them to set objective goals for success. “Set a big goal for yourself, if eventually you can’t get to the star, you can land on the mountain.” 

Ubah, who disclosed that he read from 2am – 6am while he was a student, insists that students must have action plans for success.‘’Determination, dedication and discipline are key to success,’’ he said. 

According to the Medical Doctor, if you must succeed, you must pay the price, noting that you must discipline yourself to stay till you succeed. ‘’It is either you pay the price of discipline, or pay the price of regret. One way to measure a discipline person is the price he pays, he adSorce:

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