Prof. Linus Asuquo celebrates God’s good to me at 70; Advices youths to embrace creator
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo
The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer (DG/CEO), National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos in Plateau State, Prof Linus Asuquo has celebrated God’s faithfulness at his 70th birthday saying, He is good to me.
He said this while speaking to newsmen on the side line of his platinum birthday celebration at his Residence in Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo.
The former Commissioner of Science and Technology during Governor Victor Attah’s administration recalled, how he used to trek long distances to school without shoes, adding that, God is the source of his preservation.
“Life is full of ups and down and lots of people see from the outside thinking it has been rosy. The way I started life was very tedious as I used to trek from my village at Mbak Itam 3, where you have the timber market to a Practising School (now University of Uyo) without shoes but I thank God today.
“First, I have to give glory and honour to God, our creator, because Iam what Iam today by His grace, I return all the glory to Him because He is the one that has preserved my life and kept me for this past 70 years”.
He enjoined the youths to always stick to their creator, adding that, part of the reason why there are problems today is that the creature wants to be higher than their creator.
“Today, the younger ones are in a hurry to make it and they don’t want to trust God. The moment you disconnect from your creator; where the creature wants to be higher than the creator, then there is a problem and that is what is happening today. People want to know more than their creator.
” My advice is for people to return back to their creator and know that He is supreme, omnipotent and omniscient; whatever we do He has a record of us and we cannot do anything without Him”
Professor Asuquo was born on March 18,195 in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He was educated at the Practicing School, Uyo, now University of Uyo and graduated in 1965.
He also attended the Holy Family College,Oku-Abak between 1968 and 1969 and St Patrick’s College. Calabar between 1970 and 1972. He taught Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry briefly at Christian Technical College, Oyubia, Oron in 1973 before preceding to College of Technology. Calabar, between 1973 and 1975 from where he obtained the London GCE (advanced level)
He once taught Chemistry and Mathematics briefly at the Immaculate Conception Secondary School, Itak in 1976 and obtained the Bureau for External Aid Scholarship to study Metallurgy in Technical University, Kosice in the then Czechoslovakia and graduated in 1982 with MSC distinction and also as the best graduating student in the University.
Prof. Asuquo returned to Nigeria in 1982 and completed his national service year in 1983 at Delta Steel company, Aladja, Warri, Delta State.
Asuquo has held several academic positions in the university before he was appointed by the former President Muhammadu Buhari as the Director – General of the National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos where he is currently serving his second term.
