Cameroon:JCI Vice-President Tells UB Freshmen To Be Results-oriented!

By Christopher Ambe shu
A total of 5900 newly admitted undergraduate students of Cameroon’s lone Anglo-Saxon varsity, University of Buea (UB), for the academic year 2009/2010, have been challenged to be results-oriented, and shun practices that halt or retard development in society.

Roland Kwemain, International Vice-president of Junior Chambers International (JCI) and candidate for the post of president at JCI coming elections, threw the challenge on October 31 at the 2009 University of Buea Matriculation Ceremony, which took place on campus, witnessed by a host of dignitaries such as Simon Kwemo, Divional Officer for Buea

Kwemain, speaking in his capacity as guest speaker on the theme “Positive Change: Let’s Be The Change We Want To See In Others” at the ceremony, prescribed and elaborated on what he described as the four D’s to success. The four D’s, he said, are: Desire, Decision, Discipline and Determination

“We need change- a peaceful and positive change. Let’s be the change we want to see in others”, he told the freshmen.
He advised lecturers against putting speed brakes on students’ success path for selfish and immoral reasons, insisting that teachers ought to be role models at all times to command respect.

Kwemain used the opportunity to appeal to UB students to enroll en masse as members of JCI, an organization whose main goal is to provide development and employment opportunities to young people below 40 year old.

Earlier in his welcome address, Professor Vincent Titanji, UB Vice-Chancellor, revealed that a total of 5900 students-the highest number in the history of admission in UB, were admitted out of the 8000 who had applied to read at the varsity, which offers 114 degree programs, from bachelor to doctorate degree level.

The Vice –Chancellor noted that the State of Cameroon makes enormous sacrifices to improve UB facilities, and invited students to take good care of school property put at their disposal.
In the past, some ill-intentioned and misguided students, taking advantage of students’ strikes, had destroyed university property, amounting to hundreds of millions of FCFA.

The Vice-Chancellor hailed those who contributed to the “ the peace and harmony” found on campus, hoping that the new students would not trouble –givers.

“Studying in the University calls for a lot of discipline and commitment”, Professor Titanji said, wishing the freshmen a happy and fruitful stay in UB, which started in 1993

An ecumenical service, during which clergymen dished out moral lessons to students, preceded the Matriculation Oath by freshmen, “to obey the rules and regulations guiding student conduct and discipline in the University of Buea”