A Staff Reporter
DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 30
A fiery former government official-turned-anti-corruption activist has urged the stduents’ community to get out of their comfort zones and stand up for what is right and just. The silence of the people of Nagaland against the many ‘wrongdoings taking place in the society’ should be stopped, former government official Khekiye K Sema told Sumi students recently.
The 23rd annual session of East Dimapur Sumi Students’ Union (EDSSU) was held on Wednesday, December 30, at the Sumi Baptist Church in Purana Bazaar of Dimapur. Khekiye K. Sema was the chief guest of the event.
During the meeting, Sema said that the first step to success is to ‘start life with a dream and a vision of who you want to be.’ Sema, who published a book recently, advised the students to ‘make up your mind today about who you want to be tomorrow.’ A person with ‘no vision and no dream’ will become ‘nobody’, as ‘visions and dreams’ are the foremost priority to take a person towards success, the community leader said.
Also, Sema a fiery anti-corruption activist, urged the gathering of students to stand up for what is right and that the principle of living an honest life will always bear healthy fruits. Calling the present generation as one that exists in a ‘convenient environment’, Khekiye Sema advised the students to stand ‘bold’ for what is right and also to stand ‘boldly’ against what is wrong while living a judicious and wise life.
He opined that the silence of the people against ‘wrongdoings taking place in the society’ should be stopped while appealing the students–who he called “our future”–to muster the courage to stand up against corruption that’s taking place in the society.
The retired IAS officer also asked the students to be the volunteers of ‘change’ for a better society ‘instead of waiting for others to change.’ The roots of what they wanted to become must be planted in the fear of the Lord and making God their foundation, he said.
The community leader also said it was important for an individual of the modern age of technology to ‘become ng computer-literate.’
During the program, the president of Western Sumi Students’ Union, Atokiho Sumi, exhorted the gathering and expressed happiness over the cooperation rendered by the EDSSU.
