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.
