Skip to main content

COCKTAIL PARTY IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR JAMES ROBINSON

 

COCKTAIL PARTY IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR JAMES ROBINSON

It was colorful, exciting and glamour all the way at Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN) on Wednesday evening, when the Registrar (Commodore Isaac M. Mankilik (Rtd.) Phd) on behalf of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Paul Omojo Omaji, received the Guest Lecturer, Professor James Robinson and his wife at a cocktail party held at the administrative building lobby. The cocktail party was held in honor of Prof Robinson who will deliver the University’s 5th lecture tomorrow.

Present at the occasion were Principal Officers, Deans, Directors, Coordinators and HODS of the University, the Chairman Awards, Honours and Ceremonies Committee - Prof. D. Omoweh, Wife of the Vice Chancellor – Mrs. Alice Omaji, Representatives of the NDLEA, Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi-uku Librarian – Dr. Alex Obuh and many others.

Commodore Mankilik in his brief remarks stated that “Though we are a young institution, we have dreams - not just dreams, but big dreams.” He further stated: “We look for the best brains around the world so that they can tell us how they are dreaming. We went into the ocean and caught a big fish in the name of James Robinson. Let him tell us how he dreamt his dreams.” While concluding his remarks, the Registrar noted that Nigerians must begin to believe in their Country and also believe in reclaiming what really belongs to us as Africans because civilization started here. 

Responding, Professor James Robinson expressed his delight to be present amongst members of ADUN Community. According to him, he came here for two reasons: personal and intellectual. Personal, because he has worked in Africa but it has taken him long to get to Nigeria. However, his Father worked in Nigeria as an Engineer for twenty years. Intellectual, because the intellectual life of Nigeria is incredible. What excites him is that in Nigeria, we have a lot of challenges and we still manage to maintain our institutions and intellectual life.

   

Towards the end of the event, the Dean, Faculty of Science, Professor I. J. Dioha while giving his vote of thanks appreciated everyone that honoured the Vice Chancellor’s invitation and wished them journey mercies as they returned to their destinations. 

It is hoped that all participants will have an academic jolly lecture on the 12th of August, 2021 at the University’s Multipurpose Hall on the topic: “Africa’s Latent Assets”.

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

VC UNVEILS LIBRARY PROJECT, TEAM BUILDS RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBOURING LIBRARIES

For academic libraries, effective collaboration is no longer an option but a necessity. The world around academic libraries is changing rapidly (Pinfield, Cox, & Rutter,  2017 ). As part of measures to promote collaboration amongst libraries especially in the Asaba axis of Delta State, the ADUN Library Staff led by Mr. Sylvester Ebhonu, visited Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi-uku (DSPG) Library and Delta State Public Library, Asaba to mark the end of the National Library Week Celebration on Friday 22nd November, 2019. The visit to both libraries was an eye opener as the Library team was enlightened on processes and technologies used in effective library management and service delivery. The visit to DSPG Library was a fruitful one as the Polytechnic Librarian, Dr. Alex Obuh and his HOD, Library Science, Mrs Ayobi Grace received with joy the ADUN Library Team. The Polytechnic Librarian stressed on the need for such gestures to be sustained in order to collabora...
5 comments
Read more

HOW CAN LUMINARY LEADERS MANAGE THEIR TIME?

HOW CAN LUMINARY LEADERS MANAGE THEIR TIME? By: Admiralble AYA, Eneneaseh Offu, Software Engineering Student, Admiralty University of Nigeria, Delta State. Humans tend to waste a lot of things, such as food, electricity, money, water, tissue paper, etc. Funny enough, one would say, these are material things and they can be always recovered. One can get them anywhere through different kind of means, but come to think of it, the worst thing a man should waste is ‘ TIME ’. Time is Precious. In the context of this article, time wastage simply means 'devotion of time to an unnecessary activity or idleness, as a result of procrastination. As the popular saying goes, time wasted can never be recovered no matter what. The difference between time waste and material waste is that there is no salvage for a wasted time but there’s salvage for material waste. You can throw away your food today and get another tomorrow, you can waste your money today and still work to get another one, but on...
5 comments
Read more

ADMIRALTY UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA COMMISSIONS A 100% INTERNALLY FABRICATED FOOT-PEDALLED HAND-WASHING MACHINE

The Vice Chancellor and President of the Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), Ibusa Ogwashi-Uku Delta State, Professor Paul Omojo Omaji, on Thursday 7th, May 2020 commissioned a hand washing machine to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The machine project is to encourage healthy living through frequent washing of hands, as staff and visitors come to the University following the partial lifting of lockdowns. The device, installed at the University gate and christened ‘VISA INTO ADUN COUNTRY’, is intended for use by every visitor to, or returning member of the University community. This, in addition to an infrared temperature check at the gate, is part of the now established mandatory protocols before access is allowed into the University Campus. The Vice Chancellor was amazed at the zeal and talents of the staff of the University who rose up to the task of executing the project within a week of giving them the marching order.   “Corona Virus has helped us to bring...
3 comments
Read more