A former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, is to deliver the 9th convocation lecture of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, scheduled to hold on October 12.
Alvan Ewuzie, the Senior Assistant Registrar, Public Relations, ACU, said this in a statement on Saturday.
Ewuzie said the politician would deliver a lecture entitled: “Building a Culture of Academic Excellence in Nigerian Universities..”
He stated that Gana was expected to bring his vast experience in politics and the Academia to bear in the lecture, which is among the events lined up for the convocation ceremony.
According to him, the lecture is scheduled to hold at the institution’s law auditorium.
Gana, born on November 30, 1945, is a Nigerian scholar, politician and former Minister for Information
Gana has served the nation in various capacities, including as a former Director of the defunct Mass Mobilization for Social Justice and Economic Recovery.
He was appointed professor of Geography at the Ahmadu Bello University in 1985
Ewuzie said three eminent personalities would be conferred with honourary degrees during the convocation ceremony scheduled to hold on October 13 in appreciation of their various contributions to the development of the state and the country.
They are: Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; wife of the Oyo State Governor, Florence Ajimobi; and a businessman, Chief Tunde Afolabi.
Ewuzie said the university’s library would also mount an exhibition entitled: “Ajayi Crowther University: Transformation in the midst of Recession,” at the T.Y. Danjuma Library.
He also said Bode Sowande, an accomplished playwright and Director, would present a play titled: “Flamingo,” which he wrote and directed in the evening of October 12.
He quoted the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dapo Asaju, as saying that the university’s governing council had approved that the convocation be brought forward from the former regular date in November.
Asaju said the shift in the date was to enable graduating students attend the ceremony since many of them would be at the camps for National Youth Service at that time.