The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of KolaDaisi University, Ibadan, and former Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, has charged graduates to embrace lifelong studying, digital competence, and innovation as essential pathways to success in an more and more technology-driven international financial system.
Speaking on the college’s sixth Convocation Ceremony, Mr. Babalola emphasised that the way forward for increased schooling lies not merely in awarding levels, however in making ready graduates with the abilities, adaptability, and mindset required to thrive amid speedy technological and financial transformation.
An announcement quoted the previous minister to have mentioned Artificial Intelligence (AI) was essentially reshaping industries and redefining the way forward for work, making it crucial for universities to equip graduates with competencies that reach past conventional educational {qualifications}.
“Today’s employers increasingly seek individuals who possess digital competence, creativity, adaptability, critical thinking, and the capacity for lifelong learning. While a degree remains valuable, sustained relevance in the workplace will depend on one’s willingness to continuously acquire new knowledge and skills,” he mentioned.
Babalola reaffirmed KolaDaisi University’s dedication to integrating AI literacy, digital readiness, moral reasoning and demanding pondering into its educational programmes, noting that the establishment intends to stay on the forefront of making ready college students for rising alternatives within the twenty-first century financial system.
He careworn that whereas synthetic intelligence presents unprecedented alternatives for financial development and productiveness, humanity should stay on the centre of technological development.
“The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence will shape our future but whether humanity will guide that future responsibly. Technology must remain a servant of human dignity, creativity and societal progress,” he acknowledged.
The former Finance Minister famous that universities have a accountability not solely to reply to international disruptions but additionally to lead transformation by innovation, entrepreneurship, strategic trade partnerships and international engagement.
While congratulating the 2026 graduating class, he urged them to change into energetic creators of worth slightly than passive contributors in change.
“The future belongs to those who can transform knowledge into impact. Let your graduation mark not the end of learning, but the beginning of a lifelong journey of growth, innovation and service,” he mentioned.
Babalola additional inspired the graduates to domesticate mental curiosity, embrace calculated dangers, talk successfully, construct significant relationships, stay resilient and repeatedly spend money on private {and professional} improvement.
He added that nations able to creating extremely expert, adaptive and revolutionary human capital can be higher positioned to compete and prosper within the international information financial system.
The sixth Convocation Ceremony highlighted KolaDaisi University’s dedication to creating future-ready graduates geared up with the information, character and competencies essential to make significant contributions to nationwide improvement and international progress.
The fast previous Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, delivered the graduation lecture earlier than an viewers comprising distinguished college stakeholders and distinguished dignitaries, together with representatives of universities in Southwestern Nigeria, the Oyo State Government, dad and mom and guardians of graduands, and non secular and conventional establishments.
