YEKEPA-Chief Monetary Officer of ArcelorMittal Liberia, Conor O’Brien, has challenged newly enrolled college students on the African Bible Faculty College (ABCU) to embrace their new surroundings wholeheartedly and deal with their tutorial journey as a precedence for his or her private and nationwide future.
Addressing a matriculation ceremony that welcomed 34 new college students, O’Brien reminded each new and returning college students that their function at college is to study, to develop, and to organize for a lifetime of service. “Being at college means entering into an area of progress and accountability. It means that you’re not simply beneficiaries of your mother and father’ desires, however custodians of your individual future,” he mentioned.
O’Brien confused that college life comes with freedom, however warned that freedom with out self-discipline results in destruction. He cautioned in opposition to the lure of medicine and alcohol, which he described as scourges that proceed to destroy the lives and futures of too many younger Liberians. “Don’t let short-term pleasures rob you of everlasting progress,” he urged.
In his remarks, O’Brien additionally linked the scholars’ tutorial pursuit to wider financial alternatives being created by ArcelorMittal Liberia’s Part II Enlargement. He defined that the corporate’s unprecedented funding is just not solely about rising manufacturing but additionally about creating pathways for Liberians. “We’re constructing railways, increasing our port services, and most significantly, opening pathways for employment and abilities improvement for younger individuals such as you. The data you achieve right here on the African Bible Faculty College positions you to grab these alternatives,” he mentioned.
Reflecting on the evolving relationship between ArcelorMittal Liberia and ABCU, O’Brien expressed optimism about future collaboration. He pointed to the partnership just lately established between the college and the corporate’s Coaching Academy as a superb instance of what’s to come back. He famous that there are various different areas for cooperation that may assist put together college students for management, increase coaching initiatives, and construct bridges between the classroom and the office.
“As ArcelorMittal invests in infrastructure and business, we wish to stroll along with establishments comparable to African Bible Faculty College to make sure that Liberia’s younger individuals are prepared to guide in each subject — whether or not in enterprise, governance, ministry, or neighborhood improvement,” O’Brien mentioned.
Turning on to the newly matriculated college students, he emphasised that their journey had simply begun. “See each lecture, each task, each problem as a step towards enlightenment. Know that your schooling isn’t just for you alone, however for the transformation of your loved ones, your neighborhood, and your nation,” he advised them. Concluding, he added, “Liberia wants women and men who’re smart, disciplined, and compassionate, and my problem to you is to be amongst them.”
Alphonso Toweh
Has been within the career for over twenty years. He has labored for a lot of worldwide media retailers together with: West Africa Journal, Africa Week Journal, African Observer and did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Occasions, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He’s the present correspondent for Reuters
He holds first MA with honors in Worldwide Relations and a candidate for second grasp in Worldwide Peace research and Battle Decision from the College of Liberia.
