We want to congratulate all of you who went through the five ABBA sessions without bailing out. You all are achievers and goal-getters. You’ve inadvertently been molding yourselves towards responsible leadership by means of your participation.

Let’s quickly analyze some leadership-building opportunities which the ABBA participation proffered to you all as candidates.

Truth be told, you’ve learned how to do research, perusing digital libraries on certain topics in order to come up with what is required.

You’ve learned time management. To do things in a timely manner, organizing your time slot and thoughts, shuttling between work, the mundane, and learning.

You’ve learned to be professionals, free of emotional blend.

You’ve learned to be competitive without competitive jealousy, congratulating the successes of others without hard feelings.

You’ve learned self-discipline, and sacrifice, prioritizing what’s of utmost importance.

You’ve learned the nature of responsibility, the consequences of one’s actions, and even much more.

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These are significant factors of leadership that you have to take to heart and build on them. Although you may not have fully understood the process, you have taken great strides in molding yourselves toward great and responsive leadership.

Congratulations! To have been nominated isn’t just a thing of joy but a testament to your growth, generally. If you knew the stringent pedagogical metrics by which your works were graded, you would shout, “Praise the Lord” for having been nominated. But like I said, “it’s a testament to your growth.” You all should be proud of yourselves, as we are also proud of you. Congratulations, y’all!!