By NewsBits
University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced plans of its forthcoming 53rd Convocation, which coincide with the 60th anniversary of establishing the institution.
The announcement also stated that the convocation will only be graduating Postgraduate students as the epileptic disruptions of academic session for the undergraduate students occasioned by Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) strike is responsible for the omission.
The institutions stated that the University community, graduating students (postgraduate) and general public are hereby informed that the 60th Anniversary (53rd) Convocation Ceremonies have been scheduled as follows:
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Pre-Convocation Press Conference
Address by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola, FNAMed, FAMedi, FAS
Time: 10.00 a m.
Venue: Senate Chamber, 2nd Floor, Senate House, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos
Friday, January 13, 2023
Commissioning of the Tele-Medicine Project
Time: 10.00 a.m. I Venue: College of Medicine, Idi-Araba
Jumat Service
Time: 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.
Venue: University of Lagos Central Mosque
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Investiture of the 13th Vice-Chancellor
Time: 10.00 a.m. | Venue: J. F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium
60th (53rd) Anniversary Convocation Lecture
Prelude – Book Presentation:
University Of Lagos: The 6th Decade
Lecture Title: Finding The Boundaries Of The Possible, Venturing Beyond
Guest Lecturer: Mr. Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu, Managing Partner, GrandCentral Africa
Chairman: Mr. Fola Adeola, Founder & Chairman, FATE Foundation & Co-founder, Guaranty Trust Bank
Time: 12.00 p.m.
Venue: J. F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium
Convocation Play
Title: Femi Osofisan’s “Ésu and the Vagabond Minstrels” – by the Creative Arts Department
Time: 5.00 p.m.
Venue: J. F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Congregation for the Conferment of Postgraduate Diploma, Master Degrees and Ph.D. Degrees of the School of Postgraduate Studies and Award of Gold Medal.
Time: 10.00 a.m.
Venue: J. F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Thanksgiving Service
Time: 10.00 a.m.
Venue: Chapel of Christ Our Light, University of Lagos.
