The Career Development and Counselling Centre of the University of Ibadan has organised a one-day seminar for over 100 staff members who have recently retired or will retire in the next few months.
The Director of the Centre, Professor I. P. Onyeonoru, said the Seminar was organised to enlighten the retirees on “Living Good and Well after Retirement.”
To this end, resource persons were invited to speak on salient topics. Professor D. A. Oluwole of the Department of Counselling and Human Development Studies, University of Ibadan, spoke on “Healthy Lifestyle in Retirement.” In contrast, Mr Abimbola Yeshua of Yeshua Papaya Farms, Lagos, spoke on “Viable Investment Opportunities for Retirees.”
Other speakers included Mr Osuolamilekan Abiola of Abrom Mrich Ltd, who spoke on “Enterprise Funding for Retirees,” and Mr Sullyman A. Ibraheem of the Nigerian University Pension Management Company Ltd, who spoke on “Pension Matters: What we all need to know.”
The participants were afforded ample opportunities to ask questions and exchange ideas.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kayode O. Adebowale, mni, FAS, was represented by the Dean of Students, Professor Keye Abiona. He appreciated the participants’ meritorious service to the University and prayed they would enjoy their retirement well.
The Registrar was represented by the Deputy Registrar, Human Resources and Development (Non-Teaching Staff), Mrs Stella O. Soola.
In a goodwill message from the Registrar, the participants were charged not to see retirement as a passport to death but rather as a visa to a better living. She advised them that it was “better to live rich than to die rich” adding that they should enjoy the fruits of their labour rather than suffer to leave money in their accounts for their families to inherit.
Professor Onyeonoru assured us that such seminars would occasionally be held for the benefit of would-be retirees.
