By Rairom Luka Dala
The Amo tribe National Students Association (AMONSA), University of Jos chapter, held its first symposium tagged, “Culture as a tool for socio-political development”, at the Faculty of Management Sciences’ Auditorium, University of Jos Permanent site.
The event explored the importance of preserving cultural values, while at the same time harnessing them to foster economic growth and drive socio-political change.
Mr Emmanuel Madugu, AMONSA’s Staff Adviser, commended the President and his team for doing what the past administrations were unable to do and urged the students to embrace and celebrate their unique cultural heritage in order to drive positive change in their immediate communities. “We don’t want to lose our culture and our identity, we want to use our culture to impact society positively” he said.
The President, Amo National Students Association, University of Jos chapter, recognized and welcomed everyone present at the event. He encouraged the students to be careful of what they do on campus. He assured the attendees that the program was going to be impactful and beneficial for the development of their society.
Bunoni Samuel, the Vice President of the association, stated, “The association has been in existence for a long time but it seems like the students have fallen apart. So we decided to organize this event to bring them all together and also to find “Amonsites” who are in different faculties to know about the association.
Miss Helen waziri, an “Amonsite”, expressed her delight to witness the event being the first of its kind and hoped that the subsequent years would be better.
