The awardees were rewarded based on their outstanding contributions to scholarship and extension of the frontiers of knowledge...
The awardees were rewarded based on their outstanding contributions to scholarship and extension of the frontiers of knowledge in their various subjects of the humanities, the Academy said.The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan , Adebola Ekanola, and the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto,, were among some notable Nigerian scholars who were on Thursday honoured as fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Letters .
A statement issued by the UI’s director of public communication, Olatunji Oladejo, noted that the event was held at the University of Lagos , Akoka. Mr Oladejo, who quoted the Academy’s secretary, Ayo Kehinde, a professor, added that the honourees’ admission into the Academy’s college of fellows was part of the activities marking the combined 22nd and 23rd convocation and investiture ceremony.
According to the statement, the Academy said the awardees were rewarded “based on their outstanding contributions to scholarship and extension of the frontiers of knowledge in their various subjects of the humanities.” In his address at the investiture, the outgoing President of the Academy, Francis Egbokhare, said Mr Ekanola’s position was not the basis of his conferment as a fellow of the Academy but based on his contributions to knowledge.
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