By Ayobami Ife, Abeokuta
Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State has scheduled its 9th Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona annual professorial lecture for Saturday to celebrate the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, who will be 91 on Saturday, May 10.
The lecture titled, “Corruption and National Security: Impacts and Consequences, would be delivered by the National Security Adviser to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, at the Ogbagba Hall of the Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona School of Governance Studies (NIPSS-OSKASOGS), OOU, Ago-Iwoye.
A release by Niyi Oduwole, Deputy Registrar, Corporate Affairs, OOU, stated that the Chairperson, Governing Board, Oba (Dr.) S. K. Adetona Professorial Chair in Governance, Princess Adetoun Adetona-Daramola, would give the opening address to welcome dignitaries while the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, Prof. Toyin Ashiru, as well as the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ayodeji Agboola, would deliver their respective remarks in honour of the nonagenarian celebrant.
The Daily Crucible reports that Oba Adetona, in 2016, endowed the University with half a billion Naira Professorial Chair in Governance at the Department of Political Science in the then Faculty of Social and Management Sciences of the institution.
The lofty project known as Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona Professorial Chair in Governance was in demonstration of the monarch’s commitment to good governance, education and community development in Nigeria.
Also, since its maiden edition, the Annual Lecture Series of the Professorial Chair in Governance has become a convergence of distinguished guests and eminent personalities from the academia, government as well as public and private sectors to discuss critical issues in governance, share best practices and proffer solutions to pressing challenges.
Oba Adetona has been the greatest benefactor of the University, having established the School of Governance Studies, donated residential iconic buildings for researchers and directors, facilitated critical road projects and made other philanthropic interventions, including the construction of the Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge at the Main Campus, Ago-Iwoye.
