The Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State will hold its fifth inaugural lecture on Wednesday next week at the university’s multipurpose hall.
The lecture titled: “Chemistry is reaction: Reaction is chemistry” will be delivered by the Professor of Chemistry and the Dean of Postgraduate School, Violette Nkechi Atasie.
A professor of Business Administration, Prof Patrick Olajide Oladele of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, will deliver the 43rd inaugural lecture of the university.
He is schedule to speak on the theme: “Luxury of Customer Satisfaction: Untangling the Quandary in the Service Industry in Nigeria” on June 14 at the University Auditorium.
Prof Oladele said: “I am excited about this rare opportunity to inform colleagues in the ivory tower and the general public about my research career. For me, it is a significant milestone in my academic career.
“It will also avail me the opportunity to update colleagues on current and future research directions to redirect the narrative in customer satisfaction in the service industry in the country.”
The print media must be encouraged to use indigenous languages to promote the development of languages and culture in the the continent.
Professor of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies at the Department of Communication, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, South Africa, Abiodun Salawu made the call in his inaugural lecture on August 20.
The lecture delivered on the campus was titled, Language, Culture, Media and Development: A Nexus of Harmony.
While noting that print media aids literacy, Professor Salawu said the people can be effectively informed for development purposes through use of indigenous languages.
” Language is the most characteristic element of a people’s culture. Language is the repository of culture. If indigenous languages and our communities must survive and grow, the media, especially, the print media must be encouraged to use them.”
According to Salawu, supporting and promoting African language media by directing academic focus on them has a significant role to play in the maintenance of the African languages.
” The governments of Africa, private initiatives, and especially the media, have an important role to play in this. The media, in turn, will be helped in this bid, if amongst other measures, our journalism and communication training institutions can through their curriculum designs, pay serious attention to our indigenous languages and the indigenous language media,” Salawu stated.
In order to promote indigenous languages recognised by the South African Constitution which have historically diminished in use and status, Salawu noted that the South African government is according a growing importance to the learning of the languages.
At the University of KwaZulu-Natal, isiZulu language is compulsory first-year subject, while at Rhodes University, journalism students must pass an isiXhosa for journalism course at either mother tongue or second language level.
Professor Salawu holds a PhD in Communication and Language Arts of the University of Ibadan; PGD and MSc in Mass Communication of the University of Lagos; and a B.A (Hons) English Studies of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife.
“Origin and Existence: The Inconsequential Conclusion” will be the topic of the 42nd Inaugural Lecture of Ekiti State University (EKSU) coming up Tuesday next week.
The Lecture will be delivered by Professor Zachaeus Ogundare who is a Professor of Philosophy. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Patrick Oladipo Aina will be the Chairman of the occasion expected to attract several dignitaries
A professor of Food Chemistry and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Ekiti State University (EKSU), Mrs. Ibiyinka Ogunlade, will on Tuesday next week deliver a lecture titled: “Food and Chemistry: Catalysts for Sustainable Development”.
The lecture, which is EKSU’s 41st inaugural, will have as its chairman, the school’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Patrick Oladipo Aina. The Lecture holds at 2pm.
The Fourth Covenant University’s inaugural lecture comes up on Friday, February 14, 2014 at the university chapel.
The lecture titled: “Microbial Life in the presence of carbon and oxygen: Consequences for man” will be delivered by an astute scholar and professor of Medical Microbiology, Louis Osayenum Egwari.
Prof Egwari is the Director of Covenant University Centre for Research and Development (CUCERD).
He is also the immediate past deputy dean, School of Natural and Applied Science in the College of Science and Technology, CU.
He joined CU as associate professor of microbiology in June 2008. He was appointed a professor of Microbiology on December 1, 2008 and later became the first substantive Head of Department, Biological Sciences in February, 2009.
His research efforts in 2010 brought three Patents Rights to the university as approved by the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) for the production of beverage drink from pawpaw fruits; production of fermented rice products and culture media formulation from Whole Fauna of Sun-dried Crayfish and Exoskeleton of Crab and Shrimps.
Professor Egwari’s research interest include molecular mechanisms of disease resistance in Carica Papaya; hybrid selection, improvement and propagation in Carica Papaya; studies on the Pathology of Carica Papaya (Pawpaw plant) and studies on the biochemistry and microbiology of Pawka beverages and fermented rice products. He is a member of many professional associations including: Association of Medical Laboratory Technology and Science of Nigeria (AMLTSN), Nigerian Association of Microbiologists (NSM), Association of Industrial Microbiologists of Nigeria (AIMN), Anaerobes Society of the Americas (ASA) and Nigeria Association of Inventors (NAI) among others.
The lecture will be chaired by the Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents of the University, Dr. David Oyedepo.
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has held its 55th inaugural lecture at its International Conference Centre (ICC). It was delivered by Prof Andrew Uduigwomen in the Department of Philosophy.
Prof Uduigwomen said the essence of man’s existence is complete when he manages the relationship between his mind and body, adding that the heart plays a vital role in human existence. He called for change in the society.
He said: ‘’It is clear that the root cause of our socio-economic problems as a nation is the depravity of our hearts. We need a transformed heart fashioned after the image of Christ.’’
The Vice-chancellor, Prof James Epoke, represented by his deputy, Prof Austin Obiekezie, urged participants to transform their hearts for the good of the country.
An epidemiological study has revealed that food items of either plant or animal origin consumed by human beings are considered to be continually contaminated by high levels of toxins produced by fungi, which are also seen as carcinogenic.
A professor of Biochemistry at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Prof Timothy Gbodi, made the revelation while delivering the maiden inaugural lecture of the institution. The lecture was titled Mycotoxins: Are they the silent killer?
Gbodi called for multi-sectorial mitigation strategies that would be supported by relevant public and private institutions and professionals in the field of plant and animal agriculture and to be coordinated by a single entity with the view to remove contaminants from food.
He urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ensure that standards were stuck to on imported foods and those for local consumption. He challenged all tiers of governments to look critically into technology research in Nigeria to make the country safer for the rich and poor.
Prof Gbodi appreciated God for sparing his life and for making him the first lecturer to deliver the institution’s maiden inaugural lecture. He said he never thought he could stumble into academics, but added he later realised that God had a plan for those who trusted in him.
The Visitor and the special guest of honour, Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu, represented by the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Nuhu Bashir, commended the management of the institution for successfully hosting the lecture.
He said the government was doing its best to ensure of realisation the vision 3:20:20 of the Aliyu administration. Bashir disclosed that concerted efforts were being made by the government to establish Faculty of Medical Sciences to boost the production of health professionals and improve health care delivery in the state.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Adamu Kolo, in his remarks decried the attitude of some development agencies and manufacturing industries for not utilising research findings by scholars to fast-track the country’s development. He said in an effort to fulfill its mandates, IBBU staff and students had been encouraged to pursue researches in critical areas that were of immediate benefits to the state and the country.
A professor of Pharmaceutics and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Musa Ibrahim, has called for vigilance by manufacturers to monitor fake drugs and unwanted reactions from their products.
He made the call during the 56th inaugural lecture, which he delivered.
The lecture was titled: Self thinking medicines: Automating pharmacotherapy for eliminating unwanted effects.
He urged governments to sponsor pharmaceutical scientists to the developed nations to acquire the needed skills to combat the spread of adulterated drugs in the country.
He added that natural and synthetic polymeric materials had been used frequently in the development of advanced drug and that Nigeria was blessed with abundant sources of natural polymers, many of which were being used to prepare edible soups such as okra and ogbono; carbohydrates from food stuffs like the tubers and grains; cellulose from many fibrous materials and their waste like sugar cane, groundnut and rice husks and proteins from animal skin and bones, among others.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Hayward Mafuyai, congratulated his deputy for the successful presentation and urged other lecturers, who were yet to deliver their lecture to do so and contribute to knowledge.