Engr. Kola Balogun, chairman, Momas Electricity Metres Manufacturing Company Limited (MEMMCOL), has urged Nigerian youths to embrace peace, love, unity and shun violence as future leaders of the nation, saying “troubled and unsettled soul would neglect responsibilities and dabble into unimportant things.”
Engr. Balogun spoke in Abuja on Thursday in response to encomiums from select friends and family members who gathered to celebrate him on his 60th birthday.
While advising youths to create a platform for their voices to be heard and play lead roles in the ongoing efforts to rebuild Nigeria and Africa.
He cautioned that the best way to make progress is to embrace non-violent communication, as a tool to bring about development to Africa and that we have discovered that over 70 percent of electorates are made up of youths but after the election, the youths are not represented in governance.
A representative of the family, Hammed Kehinde Balogun, expressed gratitude to God for His show of mercy, love and kindness upon Engr Kola Balogun, who he described as the pride of the family and has touched lives of the downtrodden and less privileged.
Hammed described the Offa, Kwara state born electrical and telecommunication engineer and CEO MEMMCOl Nig Ltd is a detribalised patriot, who has through his foundation advanced humanitarian outreach with scholarship schemes, youth empowerment and care for the elderly in Offa and beyond.
“It is with great delight that we your siblings and indeed the family felicitate with you on your diamond jubilee. You are a quintessential leader and manager who has shown love not only to your family members but those you come across irrespective of their status or faith.
“We are proud to share family bond with a man with heart of gold like you and pray that God in His infinite mercy will continue to make you a shining star among equals and bless you with abundant health.”
The Baloguns say Engr. Kola Balogun, who is the eldest son of the family, has over the years demonstrated a high moral standard in personal and business life which has endeared him to those who come across him.
