Lagos State University (LASU) will begin a weeklong celebration of what it calls its “towering communication programme” on Sunday, 24th September.
According to a statement by the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Dr. Tunde Akanni, the programme, which begins with a special church service, will run through the following week with assorted activities.
Akanni, who is also the immediate past Head of Journalism Department of the institution’s Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, said that the Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Olayinka Alawode will lead the management, staff and the students of the faculty to address a special anniversary press conference on Monday. Venue is the popular 3-in-1 auditorium complex at Ojo main campus of the university.
“From the ambitious beginning dating back to over 20 years ago, Communication Studies at LASU intervened to be a big player from its city centre take-off point at Surulere till date now occupying centre-stage on the main campus of the university”, Akanni said.
The commemorative programme, designed to further stamp the increasing relevance of communication scholarship in the 21st century, will feature intellectually inspiring sessions, including a special panel session and a special lecture.
The special panel session, which will take place on Monday, will focus on Media and Governance in the Age of Digital Technology. Promising to be a most enthralling session, it will feature experts ranging from the immediate Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Internet Registration Association, Ms. Edith Udeagu; and international player in social media practice and scholarship, Dr. Akin Olaniyan, who doubles as the Executive Director of Centre for Social Media Research. The session will be moderated by a multi-genre media activist and social campaigner, Anike-Ade Funke Treasure.
The commemoration of the two-decade communication scholarship continues on Tuesday with a special lecture titled, Media, Good Governance and Identity Polity Politics. It will be delivered by a veteran journalist and Publisher of This Nigeria newspapers, Mr. Eric Osagie.
Further from the lecture and panel sessions are outdoor activities within the campus beginning with an early morning colourful march-past by the entire teaching and non-teaching staff of the Faculty and climaxing with a football match by the students.
On Friday, the celebrations move to the Central Mosque of the university to receive special blessings from the top clerics of the LASU Muslim community and the rest congregants.
The grand finale of the programme comes up on Saturday 30th September with a special luncheon for select past and current stakeholders. The high point of the luncheon will be special honours to be conferred on all past deans of the faculty, all pioneer academic staff and some of the distinguished.
