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| NUBS National President, Kelvin Banigo, and some of executives, from left to right, Soba Bluejack, Maureen Hart, and the President-elect of NUBS Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Ibifubara Jumbo |
National President of the National Union of Bonny Students (NUBS), Kelvin Banigo says the forthrightness, commitment and sense of purpose of his fellow students from Bonny Local Government Area were key to the success, so far, of their ongoing National Convention.
He said this on Friday, December 21, 2018 in chat with Kristina Reports shortly after the Political Platform, an interactive session between the students and the political class in Bonny LGA, which was part of the 2018 convention.
Banigo, who described the event as first of its kind, pointed out that the primary objective of the programme, which was to create an avenue for interaction between students of Bonny origin and their political leaders was achieved.
Aside the chapter presidents of NUBS and their students drawn from various tertiary institutions across the country, other dignitaries in attendance included the Chairman of the occasion, the lawmaker representing Degema/Bonny federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Randolph Brown, and the House of Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dabota Jumbo, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abinye Pepple. They were all represented their aides, Claude Hart, Kerry Bristol, and Kalada Jumbo, respectively.
The NUBS leader thanked the Chairman of Bonny LGA, David Irimagha, his Vice, Anengi Barasua, and other members of his executive for their support throughout his stint as NUBS leader.
He also expressed appreciation to the chairman of the occasion and the two House of Assembly candidates for gracing the event.
The outgoing NUBS National President called on Bonny students to brace up for the next level, noting that the development and progress of the community lies on their shoulders.
He further posited that the Political Platform has created an ideological rendezvous for interaction between the students and their leaders, promising that the event wo bmuld be an annual event.
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