Patience Jonathan will be honoured with another doctoral degree

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan will be honoured with another doctoral degree. She will be honoured with a doctorate in Public Administration at the 4th Founder’s Day and 1st Convocation ceremonies of the Oduduwa University (OUI), Ipetumode, Osun State on Thursday next week.

It is Mrs. Jonathan’s fifth doctorate since becoming Nigeria’s First Lady.
Four eminent Nigerians will be honoured in total, The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan will be honoured with a doctoral degree in Public Administration; the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be awarded Doctor of Finance; the Governor of Central Bank, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi will be honoured with Doctor of Economics while Prof. G.A. Olawoyin (SAN) will be awarded Doctor of Law.

Speaking on the forthcoming convocation, the Vice Chancellor of OUI, Prof. Adeleke Ogunwale, said 166 students would be graduating during the ceremony, 18 of which will be graduating with First Class honours; 63 with Second Class Upper; 82 with Second Class Lower while three students will graduate with Third Class honours.
He said prizes would be awarded to best students in different disciplines.
He also said the ceremony would kick off with the installation of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, as the Chancellor by the VC, Prof. Ogunwale.

As part of the programme, there will be a novelty match at the school’s sports ground on Tuesday while Wednesday has been slated for the commissioning of a water project and the new OUI library. Lectures and plays have also been slated for Wednesday.