The Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management (FMW), College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM), has partnered the Directorate of Public Relations (DPR) of the University, in the training of final year students of the Department in the art of photography. The training, which was part of the students’ industrial training programme, was carried out by the Assistant Chief Technical Officer in the Directorate, Mr. Emmanuel Saba.
Speaking at the “5-day Nature photographic Training”, Mr. Saba described photography as the art of writing with light. He said a good picture informs, communicates and entertains. The resource person added that good photographs expose the beauty of the environment by serving as incomegeneration vocation for millions of people worldwide. While advising the students to be serious-minded in their educational pursuits, he urged relevant authorities to provide the enabling environment for them to excel through the provision of tools and instruments.
Some of the students expressed satisfaction with the training and advised that such should be extended to other final year students in the University. Mr. Olakunle Ogunyemi, President of COLERM Students’ Association, said he had benefited a lot from the training on how to handle the camera, take good pictures and edit photographs using the Photoshop. He urged the University Management and the National Universities Commission (NUC) to include such training in the University curricula, to enable youths possess the skills and competences needed to face life after school. On his part, Forestry and Wildlife Students’ Association (FOWISA) President, Mr. Samson Ige, said the training had changed his perception of photographers, because many do not appreciate their good works, as he called for the inclusion of art, crafts and other vocations that would enable students to do things with their hands, after graduation.
Miss. Tosin Adeniyi revealed that the training made a lot of difference in her life, urging her colleagues to always be time-conscious. She wished that FUNAAB adopted a similar training for final year students. In his remarks, Dr. Oluyinka Akintunde, the Forestry and Wildlife Departmental IT Coordinator thanked the University Management for approving the training for the students, saying it had achieved the objectives for which it was organised, advising the students to make judicious use of the knowledge acquired during the training.
Last Updated on December 13, 2015 by admin
