Fayemi to Deliver UNILAG Convocation Lecture

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, will on January 23, deliver the 2017 University of Lagos Convocation
Lecture.

Titled: ‘Building a Succession- Generation: Reflections on Values and
Knowledge in Nation Building,” the lecture is part of the convocation
ceremonies for the 2015/2016 academic session.

The lecture, which is scheduled to hold at the main auditorium of the
institution, would be chaired by a former Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Major-General Ike Nwachukwu (rtd).

It would commences by 2p.m.
Fayemi, immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, is an alumnus of
the University of Lagos, having graduated from the institution’s
Department of History in 1985, before going for further studies.

A letter from the University, signed by the Vice Chancellor, Prof.
Rahamon Bello, said Fayemi’s nomination as guest lecturer was
“informed by the established tradition of best practice in the university which extends such invitation to renowned scholars and dignitaries from within and outside Nigeria, who have distinguished
themselves in their chosen career and /or in service to humanity.”