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A former Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has suggested graduating college students of the College of Ilorin in opposition to the quick-money syndrome.
Fashola, a former governor of Lagos State, gave this recommendation whereas delivering the fortieth Convocation Lecture of the college on Wednesday in Ilorin.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that the lecture’s theme was “The Gen-Z Playbook: Navigating Work and the Actual World.”
He cautioned the scholars to keep away from people flaunting extravagant existence with out revealing the sources of their earnings.
“There isn’t any simple and quick cash wherever with out penalties, and the results all the time result in distress, remorse, and typically irredeemable injury.
“Don’t let that occur to you.”
“The street to prosperity is usually lengthy, predictable, and requires you to show your self, not solely by arduous work but additionally by character and integrity.
“In 30 years from now, when a few of you stand the place I stand at this time, you’ll repeat related recommendation to those that shall be sitting the place you sit now,” he stated.
Based on him: “figuring out proper from incorrect is just not troublesome; once you do one thing incorrect, your intuition needs to cover, however widespread sense will inform you that you’re doing the incorrect factor.
“After all, one factor you’ll have to come to phrases with is that the true world is totally different from the world of gloss and notion you see on social media.
“The web world the place the solar doesn’t set is totally different from the true world the place there’s day and evening. Not the whole lot you see on-line is true.
Fashola stated that developments in Synthetic Intelligence have empowered people to control and affect ideas and actions. He urged the graduating college students to be cautious with handheld gadgets.
“Social media generally is a useful gizmo to succeed in folks for work, companies, and to showcase no matter constructive stuff you undertake.
“It’s a balanced place to promote the constructive a part of you, not your physique components.
“I urge you by no means to make use of foul, abusive, or hate language on social media. What you publish there’ll perpetually be credited to you,” he stated.