INAUGURAL SPEECH OF BELLO SAGIR, THE PRESIDENT OF 2016/17 LINGUISTIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION (LINSA), BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO (BUK) CHAPTER

We thank the Almighty God for preserving our lives to witness this historic great day. Distinguish ladies and gentlemen, I wish to recognize the presence of the Head of Department (H.O.D), Linguistics and Foreign Languages Prof. Mukhtar Yusuf, Professors, Examination Officer Dr. Tijjani Shehu Almajir, Drs., Level Coordinators, academic and non-academic staff, securities, Student Union Government (SUG) President and his entourage, celebrants, their family and friends, outgoing and incoming Linguistic Student Association (LINSA) Excos, my colleagues of all levels, not forgetting my comrades in struggle, bon soir.

Today, the 29th of October, 2016 witnesses the inauguration of a new administration brought with the mandate of you the students of the Department, making me the third President of LINSA, not because I'm better then any of you, but because Almighty God wants to test me! May the test be easy and passable to me. The campaign and the uncertainties are now history. At this juncture I chant Gbosa! Gbosa! Gbosa! to all my direct and indirect campaign agents. If not for your comradeship, perhaps, my aluta fate would have been otherwise at this moment. Likewise, I chant another vibrant Gbosa! Gbosa! Gbosa! to you Auwal Ibrahim (Small) who is sitting right now facing me. It's still vivid in my minds eyes, how you, as my key opponent, volunteered and stepped down for me, solely in the spirit of Linguistic oneness. This is a rare political statesmanship.

I, Bello Sagir, standing before you to make some pledges and to solicit for your boundless support and constant prayers as we are all set to sail the ship to the Promised Land, aimed at making positive academic and social impact on the lives of you, the students.

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the priority of our administration is establishing tutorial classes for all levels. We will organize tutorial on all the Linguistic and French course for all classes. We will make use of the students with good CGPA who are capable and interested to sacrifice and do the job. We will go the extra mile to run a purposeful and students oriented leadership as we promised during our campaign, within the limited one year span of our tenure. To achieve that, we will provide suggestion box in the Department to collect your short positive inputs which will bridge any possible gap between you and we the Executives. We will also provide you with all the mobiles numbers of the Executives for quick positive input.

Due to some lacuna and other shortcomings in the constitution of the Association, we will set up a committee that will tackle that problem. To conform to the other chapters of National Association of Linguistics and Languages Students (NALLS) in the universities across the country, and the parent Association headquartered in University of Nsuka, Enugu, we intend to change the name of LINSA to NALLS. We will liaise with the Department, faculty and the University authority to achieve our aims of taking you, the students of the Department to greater height. More so, we will liaise with national body of NALLS, SUG, Faculty of Art and Islamic Studies Students Association (FAISSA) and any other relevant helpful association to take you to the next level.

Today, by virtue of our inauguration, we will continue the aluta journey initiated by our predecessors four years or so ago. We must commend their unflagging efforts. May God reward them in abundance.

I, Bello Sagir, wish to declare that, 'I'm concerned about your concern as a concerned Comrade.' We will carry all of you along, in discharging our duties. Our government is a government of the students, by the students and for the students. The entire students of Linguistics and Foreign Languages Department are one, yes we are one, belonging to one family. The herculean task before us is a collective responsibility that we the Executives alone cannot do any tangible thing without your continued support and prayers as well as constructive criticism. Therefore, we reiterate our need for your commitment, support and prayers in due course.

This speech is valueless without congratulating our seniors, the academic warriors who have just graduated. We pray that Almighty God will make their life after graduation a much blessed one. We also congratulate all those who have rounded off their second semester examinations, we wish you all the best and welcome you to the next class.

Special Infaidagu to all our fatherly lectures who put in all their best to mould us to be educated citizens with good character so that we become productive in giving our quota for national development. May Allah increase them in health and wealth, elongate their lives with blessings, and finally admit them in Jannatul Firdaus, Amin.

In conclusion, we say adupe to all our lecturers, daalụ to the celebrants, mun gode to Linguistic Student Association Independent Electoral Committee (LINSAIECO), miyetti to ex-Excos of LINSA, and kubeti to all others who contributed in any way in bringing us into the mantle of LINSA as Excos. Similarly, we say, dank je to the family and friends of the celebrants, obrigado to SUG President and his entourage, grazie to (FAISSA) President and his entourage, mercie to Chairman Zero Tolerance for Corruption and all other EXCOS and members of other associations. May God return all of you home safely. God Bless Linguistics and Foreign Languages Department. God bless LINSA. God bless BUK! Dear fellow students, WE LOVE YOU ALL!

Bello Sagir
President
2016/17 Linguistic Student Association (LINSA)
29/10/16.