By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Former Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director General, Dakuku Peterside, is scheduled to deliver a lecture on February 12 at Federal University, Otuoke (FUO), Bayelsa State.
He will deliver a paper titled “Challenging The Way We Deliver Higher Education In A Changing World” at the First Honour’s Day Lecture.
The event will come a few days after Peterside delivered a keynote address at a retreat held by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Calabar.
A statement issued by FUO Registrar, Yousuo Donald Iruo, said the lecture is part of activities marking the send forth of the school’s second Vice Chancellor, Professor Seth Accra Jaja.
Peterside, a technocrat and columnist with TheNiche, will share his thoughts on re-engineering tertiary education in an era of globalisation and rapid technological disruptions and the need to be innovation-driven.
FUO explained that its Honour’s Day Lecture is a unique opportunity for town-gown interaction, which aligns with the desire of the institution to create platforms for academics and society to synergise innovative solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
FUO is one of the 12 universities established by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.
The university has over 8,000 students and 200 teaching staff, and is fast establishing itself as a force to reckon with in grooming high level manpower and research, Iruo said.
