The leadership of Unity Schools Old Students Association, the umbrella body of alumni associations of 104 Federal Unity Schools, has called on its members in President Muhammadu Buhari cabinet to make the expected difference in the political history of the country by fostering and sustaining good governance.

The call is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Publicity Secretary of USOSA, Sotonye Apiafi Edohore. The association also congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on the composition of the Federal Executive Council, which has some members of the body. The statement was issued against the backdrop of the association’s coming Annual General Meeting in Kaduna.

President General of the group, Lawrence Wilbert, as telling the officials to live up to high expectations in ensuring good governance in the country, especially considering the training and background the unity schools offered them.“We congratulate the President for assembling a team to deliver on the mandate of the government. We hope that the team immediately gets to work with the right focus, passion and commitment to deliver on the President’s promise of prosperity.“USOSA is glad that four members of the association made it to the Federal Executive Council, namely Senator Godswill Akpabio from Akwa Ibom State (FGC Port Harcourt), Hajiya Sadiya Farouq from Zamfara State (FGGC Gusau), Alhaji Suleiman Adamu from Jigawa State (FGC Kano) and Dr Ramatu Aliyu from Kogi State (FGC Minna). We congratulate these worthy ambassadors and hope that they will truly represent the values of USOSA in FEC.”He stated that the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the association would discuss contemporary issues around the Nigerian state and the role USOSA needs to play in building a modern and prosperous country.“USOSANs across the world will converge on Federal Government College, Malali, Kaduna State from October 11th-12th, 2019 to discuss the theme, ‘The Role of USOSA in Enthroning Good Governance and National Development.’ We enjoin all USOSANs across the world to align with the leadership of their national associations to fully participate at the AGM,” Wilbert stated.

According to him, the AGM will include a plenary, which will hold on Saturday, October 12, 2019.“USOSA, in its position as the umbrella body for alumni associations of all Unity Schools, is perhaps Nigeria’s most important non-political, non-religious, cross-cultural advocacy group. Under its current leadership, it has set out a vision to be Nigeria’s most active policy advocacy group,” he added