Fashola To Deliver 40th UNILORIN Convocation Lecture

Former politician of Lagos State and one-time curate of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), is to present the 40th convocation lecture of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) connected October 22, 2025.

The registrar of the university, Mr Mansur Alfanla, disclosed this successful a connection made disposable to LEADERSHIP successful Ilorin connected Thursday.

He added that the 40th convocation of the instauration would tally from Friday to Sunday, October 17 – 26, 2025.

Titled ‘The Gen-Z Playbook: Navigating Work and the Real World’, the Convocation Lecture would clasp astatine the University Auditorium opening astatine 9:00 a.m.

Alfanla besides disclosed that President Bola Tinubu volition committee immoderate recently completed projects of the assemblage arsenic portion of the activities marking the 40th convocation ceremonies.

He said that the convocation ceremonies volition footwear disconnected connected Friday, October 17, 2025, with a peculiar Juma’at work astatine the University Central Mosque opening astatine 1.00 p.m.

​The registrar, who is besides the caput to the University Governing Council, added that an interdenominational Church work volition clasp connected Sunday, October 19, 2025 astatine the Chapel of the Light, University Campus.

He disclosed that the vice chancellor, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole (SAN), volition connected Monday, October 20, 2025, code a satellite property league connected the ceremonies and the achievements recorded by the assemblage successful the past 1 year.

Alfanla explained that connected Tuesday, October 21, 2025, the convocation play, titled “Joromi,” volition beryllium staged astatine the University Performing and Film Arts Theatre betwixt 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m, respectively.

He besides noted that the convocation for graduands who undertook four-year programmes and diplomas volition beryllium held astatine the assemblage auditorium instantly aft the convocation lecture connected Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

The registrar further said that connected Thursday, October 23, 2025, the convocation of graduands of 5 and six-year programmes, arsenic good arsenic postgraduate graduands, volition hold.

“This volition beryllium followed instantly by the investiture of Emeritus Professors. Commissioning of projects by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu aft the convocation connected the aforesaid Thursday would instrumentality spot astatine the assorted task sites astatine 1:30 p.m. followed astatine 4.00 p.m. by unit merit awards and convocation luncheon,” helium added.

​Alfanla said that the week-long ceremonies volition beryllium concluded with a peculiar Jumaat Service connected Friday, October 24, 2025 astatine the University Central Mosque by 1:30 p.m. and thanksgiving work astatine St. Thomas Aquinas Chaplaincy connected Sunday, October 26, 2025, beginning at 9:00 a.m.