Dr. Mujidat Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the eldest daughter of President Bola Tinubu, has been inducted as an Associate Member of the Professional Statisticians’ Society of Nigeria, for her contribution to selling the adoption and use of statistical knowledge for nationwide progress and growth.
Performing the induction throughout the eighth International Conference of PSSN on the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi on Friday, the President, Professor Waheed Yahya stated, “The inductees had been individually chosen in recognition of their contributions in championing statistics by means of their skilled callings.
“Dr Mujidat Folashade Tinubu-Ojo advocated and championed the interests and well-being of women marketers in the country which brought unquantifiable happiness to hardworking entrepreneurial women.”
He defined that “Her love for humanity and support for the vulnerable, recently propelled her to enrol over 10,000 children of common traders and less privileged Nigerians into different tertiary institutions across the country on scholarship to eliminate disparity among the children of the rich and the downtrodden.”
He recommended them for defending the curiosity of statisticians within the nation which should not go unappreciated.
Speaking on behalf of the inductees, the APC National Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Basiru, referred to as for depoliticisation of knowledge assortment in Nigeria to permit leaders to make knowledgeable choices pushed by knowledge.
He famous, “while no country can develop meaningfully without data, PSSN must make noble advocacy engaging leaders and the media to support timely and accurate national data.”
In his goodwill message, the President-General, Yoruba Community, Bauchi State, Special Apostle Segun Awofadeji prayed that on the finish of the convention, the PSSN would be capable of proffer lasting options to the challenges throughout the varied sectors of the nation’s financial system.
Awofadeji who described the theme of this 12 months’s convention “Statistics: The key to unlocking Nigeria’s Economic Potentials” as apt and well timed, expressed optimism that the convention will come out with methods to assist unlock hidden financial potentials within the nation.
He stated, “Your presence here’s a morale booster to all of us that Nigeria is on the trail of glory, Nigerians are regularly changing into a individuals with the hope of a greater tomorrow contemplating the strong plans, applications, and insurance policies of the APC led administration beneath the in a position management of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Jagaban of Nigeria.
“It may interest you to know that the Yoruba Community in Bauchi state is enjoying a robust, cordial, and good relationship with the host communities, especially under the leadership of the Governor, Senator Bala Abdukadir Mohammed (Kauran Bauchi and Jagaban Katagum) who has carried everyone along in the administration of the state.”
“The Yoruba and other nonindigenes are living and coexisting peacefully, going about their legitimate businesses and other endeavours without any fear of harassment and intimidation. The Bala Mohammed-led PDP administration has done well in promoting peaceful and hardworking coexistence”, he said.
Our correspondent studies that Dr. Nasir Kabara represented Dr. Mujidat.
