NSE’S ex-president seeks entrepreneurship growth at convocation

IN recognition of his outstanding contributions to national development, the former President Nigeria Stock Exchange, Mr. Goodie Ibru was honored with Doctor of Science D.SC. in Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation at the 8th convocation of Caleb University, Imota recently. Ibru posited that a nation like Nigeria must create the environment for businesses and entrepreneurs to thrive, stressing that it is a key strategy we must use to fight poverty, create wealth and grow the economy. He said, “Entrepreneurship is very often building something, sometimes empires out of nothing. We hope in this regard the recent remarkable achievements in the ‘World Bank Ease of Doing Business’ will be sus- tained, aligned with the required market-based economic reform, going forward. We also cannot overemphasise the important role of academic leadership in designing innovative entrepreneurial education to produce the business leaders and entrepreneurs to help realise the economic dreams of our great nation.

In his lecture, the guest speaker, Prof Toyin Falola who was also honoured with a doctorate degree, noted that for any private school to excel and surpass their public counterparts in local and international relevance, it must take cognisance of academic freedom and independence; lasting relations with students; direct engagement with society through programs and increased social relevance; and networking with industry practitioners.