Chief Ikenna Okafor of Akweze Community, Anaocha Council Area, has been awarded with Honorary Doctorate Degree on Entrepreneurial Innovation by Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
The Conferment took place at the ASUU Secretariat, UNIZIK, Awka, during the seventeen Extraordinary Convocation Ceremony of Honorary Awardees conferment.
The award was in recognition of his philanthropic gesture towards many institutions across the globe which Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka benefited immensely as he single handedly built and equipped the institutions Business School.
The Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Da Jacob Gyang Buba in an address, commended the Vice-Chancellor and his management team for convening the extraordinary convocation to enable the honorary degree awarded to in the best academic traditions, accept and receive his Doctorate Degrees in person before convocation
Da Gyang Buba reminded the awardee that the great honour calls to do even more urging the Vice Chancellor, Professor Charles Esimone to keep up with the admirable tempo of his administration as his tenure winds down.
On his part, the Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Professor Charles Esimone stated that as practiced worldwide, honorary degrees are conferred by universities on persons who have distinguished themselves by exemplary service in specific fields or to society generally.
Professor Esimone maintained that it is in the light of the fore-going that they have deemed it necessary to convene this extraordinary convocation, to confer honorary degrees to the awardee.
Responding after he was decorated by the Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Professor Esimone, the awardee, Dr Ikenna Okafor emphasized that Anambra is blessed with prominent men who can join hands with him to intervene in areas of education and other sectors, challenging the institution to search for two or three men in all the communities in the State, and see that its achievable.
Dr Okafor disclosed that for UNIZIK to conferred on him, Doctorate Degree on Entrepreneurial Innovation, it means they understand his capacity and what he can offer having been well trained to be able to administer the fund, promising he will do more.
The Extraordinary Convocation featured presentations to students who represented the institution during South East Universities Games and cultural display by Akwaeze Women and students of the university
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