The Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona Professorial Chair in Governance, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye will on Thursday, 17th June, 2021 hold a Workshop on Proposal Writing on Accessing Research Grants.
The event, which will take place at the Senate Chamber,
Main Campus, Ago-Iwoye by 10:00am, will be presided over
by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ganiyu Olatunji
Olatunde.
The Occupier of the Professorial Chair in Governance,
Prof. Akinsola Agagu, will give a keynote address at the
Workshop while a renowned Lecturer in African Studies at
the University of Edinburgh, Dr Akin Iwilade, will also
deliver a lecture at the plenary session.
This Workshop is coming amidst the governance crisis
currently rocking the Nigerian state which has led many to
call for restructuring or total dissolution of the
country.
It will be recalled that the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba
(Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, domiciled the Professorial
Chair in Governance at the Department of Political
Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, OOU to enhance the
image of the University and execute researches capable of
proffering solutions to contemporary challenges and issues
of governance at both local and global levels.
The highly revered monarch believes that despite the
current challenges, intellectual engagement through deep
research efforts could provide solutions for governance
deficit in the country and that such efforts can only be
complemented and sustained through ability to access
grants by scholars researching in governance issues.
Distinguished scholars, eminent personalities, staff and
members of the University Community are expected to grace
the Workshop.
