Ex-AAU VC Olowo Honoured With Academic Leadership Award

Professor Sunday Olowo Samuel, the immediate-past Acting Vice Chancellor of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) successful Ekpoma, Edo State, has been honoured with a Distinguished Academic Leadership and National Development Impact Award.

Organised astatine the NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja, astatine the play arsenic portion of the 65th Independence Anniversary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the Centre for Ethical Conduct Orientation and Empowerment (CECOE) with the taxable ‘From Potential to Prosperity: Powering National Development done Ethical Leadership and Institutional Excellence’, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, chaired the occasion.

According to the Director of Programmes, CECOE, Elizabeth Adams, the honour reflected and resonated with Olowo’s outstanding world service, his enactment integrity, and his interaction connected nationalist development.

“It is simply a testament to your outstanding service, ethical leadership, and interaction connected nationalist development,” Ms. Adams lauded.

Speaking during the presentation, Olowo thanked the organisers for uncovering him worthy of the distinguished award. “I convey the organisers of this award, CECOE, for uncovering maine worthy of this honour. It is not conscionable an mean grant but a clarion telephone for maine and each Nigerian to proceed to propulsion for Nigeria’s motivation and developmental renaissance.

“Indeed, our nation’s spot oregon way to nationalist translation lies successful leaders who take values implicit vanity, work implicit self, and courageousness implicit comfort.”

Speaking aft the ceremony, Olowo, a Professor of Medical Microbiology successful the Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, whose one-year play arsenic acting VC stabilised the AAU, revived the institution, and positioned it for greatness earlier handing implicit to the recently appointed VC, Professor (Mrs.) Eunice Ebioserehimen Omonzejie, urged AAU management, staff, students, Senate and Council to enactment the caller Vice Chancellor to succeed.

He besides urged the radical of Edo State to enactment Governor Monday Okpebholo and President Bola Tinubu to marque Edo State and Nigeria better.

Apart from the awards to deserving Nigerians crossed governance, security, academia, the backstage sector, and beingness service, CECOE besides utilized the juncture to unveil its National Entrepreneurship Centre successful Abuja and to motorboat the National Institutions Integrity and Performance Index.