{"id":7429,"date":"2016-05-11T12:07:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T10:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=7429"},"modified":"2016-05-11T12:10:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T10:10:23","slug":"tuface-idibia-says-he-thought-he-was-being-punkd-read-his-full-speech-as-hes-awarded-honorary-master-of-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=7429","title":{"rendered":"Tuface Idibia Says He Thought He Was Being Punk\u2019d …..Read His Full Speech As He’s Awarded Honorary Master of Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is what happens when you choose to stay humble regardless of the fame and money so am really not surprise. Music Legend Tuface Idibia was yesterday 10th of May, 2016 awarded an honorary Master of Arts in Music degree at Igbinedion University, courtesy of the Esama of Benin Kingdom\u00a0and founder of the university,\u00a0Gabriel Igbinedion. The very elated performer, gave what can be described as his best acceptance speech at the event. Read below \"image\"<\/a> \u2018Your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I\u2019ll like to stand on existing protocols because right now I\u2019m overwhelmed, over-excited, over-elated and over-grateful, In short I\u2019m over \u2018all of the above\u2019 (laughs). \u2018(sings) \u2026right now I dey feel like Esama oooo. On a serious note, I\u2019m very very humbled and extremely grateful for this honour from this great Institution. From the bottom of my heart, I say a huge, mighty thank you to the Almighty God for making this day happen. When they told me this, I thought I was being punk\u2019d! Even when I came here, I still thought I was being punk\u2019d. Up till now, I\u2019m still in shock. So I want to say thank you to the honourable Chancellor Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, I want to thank the deputy-chancellor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion. \u2018I want to say thank you to the Pro-Chancellor and Professor Emeritus, Oluwole Akande. I want to say a big thank you to all the governing council of Igbinedion University, the senate, academic and non-academic staff. \u2018I really appreciate this honour, mere words cannot explain what I\u2019m feeling right now, mere words cannot describe how I\u2019m feeling right now. \u2018This conferment of this honorary degree has renewed my zeal to work harder and maintain standards by which this great institution has recognised me, and it\u2019s made me resolve to work harder to be a good ambassador of Igbinedion University. \u2018It\u2019s also funny how this very day, Igbinedion University has inaugurated the Centre for Corporate and Peace Studies and as you all know, for the past 2 years, I\u2019ve been involved in campaigning for \u2018Vote Not Fight: Election no be war\u2019. Please permit me to express my eagerness to work with Igbinedion University towards achieving the set goals of peace and conflict resolution. \u2018I also want to use this opportunity to say I\u2019ll start a legacy program at Igbinedion university and it\u2019s solely going to be based on music, upcoming artists. \"image\"<\/a> \u2018I don\u2019t really know how to give speeches, so once again I say a big thank you to Igbinedion University, Okada. One Love, One Love, One Love! \"image\"<\/a> \u2018I\u2019ll use this opportunity to ask the youths of Edo state to shun violence during elections. I\u2019m using this opportunity to launch the \u2018Vote Not Fight\u2019 campaign in Edo State towards the next gubernatorial elections. I want you guys to maintain your heads and don\u2019t allow anybody use you for violence during this elections.\u2019 Congratulations to him<\/p>\n

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