A week-long event will commence on Monday, July 17 and end
on Friday, July 21, at UNILAG.
The Head of Communication Unit at UNILAG, Mrs Adejoke
Alaga-Ibraheem, gave the hint, in a statement, on Friday.
According to her, UNILAG holds UMOJA African Students
Leadership Network Summit every year to enhance shared cultural and educational
experiences among African countries and this year’s edition, which is the
third, will incorporate the Nelson Mandela International Day being held
annually across the world.
She explained that aside from other partners such as the
South African Consulate Lagos, EWAN, who are body of journalists covering
education beat, would, on Wednesday, July 19, host an engagement session with
participants on building more selfless leaders like the late Mandela in Africa
and other continents.
She listed the participating institutions to include the
University of Witwatersrand, University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch
University, all in South Africa; as well as the University of Dundee, and Aston
University, from the United Kingdom.
Alaga-Ibraheem stated that, while the EWAN’s session,
themed: “Youth Discourse on Making more Mandelas” would feature panel
discussions and plenary on various issues of global concerns, the UMOJA summit,
would focus on the theme: “Technology and Culture Preservation”.
In addition, she said, “The programme will also witness a
Three-Minute- PhD video recorded Thesis (3MT) competition among doctoral
students from any university across the world with research development to
solving specific societal problems, particularly in Africa.
She noted that the top three winners would be rewarded with
cash prizes and scholarship as the case may be.
Speaking on the partnership, Chairman of EWAN, Mr Mojeed
Alabi, stated that the programme has the objective of sharing the history,
experiences and legacies of the Late Mandela towards the production of a new
generation of quality leaders.
According to him, Africa is endowed with rich human and
natural resources, but the continent remains poor due to bad leadership and
corruption.
“And it’s now necessary for African people, who are
interested in rebuilding the continent for global relevance to start planting
the seeds of selflessness, integrity, transparency and accountability that
Mandela was known for, in the younger generations.”
Based on this conviction, Mr Alabi noted, is what informed
EWAN’s decision to embrace the partnership with UNILAG.
In his own remark, the Director of International Relations,
Partnerships and Prospect, UNILAG, Prof. Ismail Ibraheem, noted that participants
would visit the Lagos State House of Assembly to gain insight into
parliamentary processes in Nigeria, adding that community service such as
painting of a location within the university would also be carried out by its
student leaders.
“The event will be a week of intensive academic and cultural
exchange for participants both from within and outside Nigeria,” the don said.
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