Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, will on Thursday, this week, deliver the 52nd convocation lecture of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka
That will make him one of the few sitting governors in Nigeria to have engaged in such an intellectual harvest at the convocation of the Premier University.
Former governor of old Imo State and former senator, General Ike Nwachukwu (retd) will chair the convocation lecture, while all the South East governors and other distinguished personalities across the nation are expected at the event, which kicks off by 10 am prompt at the Nsukka campus of the university.
A statement signed by Professor Bennett C Nwanguma, chairman, Senate Ceremonials Committee of the university revealed that Uzodinma will speak on the topic: “WHY UNIVERSITIES SHOULD LEAD THE WAY TO A NEW NIGERIA”.
According to the statement, the convocation lecture is a major highlight of the week-long ceremony for the award of degrees and certificates to the graduates of the institution.
While Uzodimma’s lecture will be followed on Friday by the award of first degrees and certificates, the university will on Saturday award the highest degrees and also honour some deserving awardees with the honorary doctorate degrees of the university
Speaking on the upcoming event, the Imo State Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba, confirmed that the governor has accepted to deliver the lecture, describing the lecture as thought-provoking.
He said the letter conveying the nomination of the governor by the University Management and Senate had given him the leeway to choose “a topic that suits the mood of the nation.”
Emelumba described the topic as engaging and apt, adding that he believes that it would enrich the academic community, the political class and the public.