Kayode Tokede
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Coleman Technical Industries Limited, George Onafowokan, has suggested entrepreneurs and professionals to develop clear long-term visions, stay centered and uphold sturdy moral requirements, warning in opposition to the pursuit of fast cash and shortcuts to success.
He maintained that imaginative and prescient helps people establish what they need to construct, the issues they intend to remedy and the lasting worth they hope to create.
Onafowokan, who was delivering his keynote handle on the first worldwide convention of the Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) Alumni Association 2026 worldwide convention held lately on the Ecobank Pan African Centre in Lagos, urged Nigerian youths to embrace mentorship, integrity, self-discipline and endurance as important elements for constructing profitable companies and careers.
He stated success shouldn’t be measured solely by a person’s private achievements but in addition by the variety of folks empowered to succeed by means of their data and expertise.
According to him, enterprise leaders needs to be keen to share what they’ve learnt fairly than withhold data for concern that these they mentor may ultimately turn into extra profitable than them.
Onafowokan stated: “Success should be seen not by what you have built as an individual, but how many people around you have actually become successful through what you have shared and expressed with them.”
He stated the reluctance of some profitable Nigerians to share their experiences was a setback to enterprise improvement and the expansion of future leaders.
He stated mentorship had helped folks develop their skills, construct wealth and tackle larger duties, including that skilled enterprise leaders ought to assist others in attaining comparable progress.
The particular visitor of honour, Mrs. Olajumoke Cecilia Ajayi, who’s the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, West African Exploration and Production (WAEP) Company, supplied sensible steering on household and private improvement.
She suggested mother and father to counsel their youngsters whereas permitting them the liberty to categorical themselves, emphasising that competence should be paired with confidence.
She additionally urged younger folks to talk about their ambitions brazenly with their companions earlier than getting into marriage.
Earlier, the Vice- Chancellor of Pan-Atlantic University, Professor Enase Okonedo, stated the college’s roughly 15,000 alumni from its enterprise faculty and college had the capability to make a major contribution to society in the event that they labored collectively.
She stated the college’s emphasis on data, values and accountable management was aimed toward producing graduates who might contribute to nationwide improvement.
According to her, the college has grown from its beginnings in a front room in Victoria Island 34 years in the past to working throughout two campuses, whereas its alumni have unfold throughout completely different industries and professions.
She stated: “Think about 15,000 well-formed people who can make a difference in Nigeria. Our focus is on the transformation of society. But we cannot do it alone.”
Okonedo urged the graduates to act as ambassadors of the establishment by demonstrating integrity, accountability and management of their workplaces and communities.
She stated the convention theme, ‘The Advantage: Connecting People, Ideas and Opportunities’, highlighted the potential of alumni to develop new companies, partnerships and approaches to fixing societal issues.
The vice-chancellor added that such alternatives would solely be realised if alumni engaged with each other, shared experiences and turned conversations into sensible collaborations.
The President of the Pan-Atlantic University Alumni Association, Dr Onyebuchi Odianjo, stated the affiliation was working to construct a extra related and energetic alumni group that might present skilled assist, strengthen business relationships and create alternatives for college kids and graduates.
She stated the convention grew out of discussions about how the college’s alumni community may very well be used to join folks, concepts and industries, turning relationships into partnerships and concepts into alternatives.
Odianjo stated the affiliation had continued to promote alumni engagement, pupil assist, skilled networking and group affect, including that its ambition was to translate the energy of the community into tangible advantages.
She stated her personal expertise on the college had offered sensible data and alternatives that helped her profession, reinforcing her dedication to giving again to the establishment.
