By Comfort Olayinka
The Ekiti State University (EKSU) has announced plans to confer honorary doctorates on Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, and two other distinguished individuals.
According to a letter by the university’s Registrar, Mr. Ife Oluwole, Senator Bamidele will be honoured alongside Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr. Zach Adedeji, and Chairman, Governing Board, Bank of Industry, Dr. Mansur Muhtar.
The honorary doctorates will be conferred during the university’s next convocation on March 29, 2025. Senator Bamidele’s honour is in recognition of his significant contributions to the development of the university, Nigeria, and the international community.
The letter said: “I have the pleasure to inform you that the Governing Council and Senate of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti have resolved to honour you with the conferment of a honorary degree, Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) at the forthcoming convocation scheduled to take place on 29th March 2025.
“The conferment of the degree is purely in recognition of Senator Bamidele’s significant contributions to the development of this university, our dear country and the international community.
“Other nominees for the conferment of honorary degree at the forthcoming convocation are Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr. Zach Adedeji and Chairman, Governing Board, Bank of Industry, Dr. Mansur Muhtar, who served as the Minister of Finance under late President Umaru Yar’Adua,” Oluwole said in a one-page letter.
Bamidele, in a statement by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs on Sunday, thanked the Governing Council and Senate of the Institution for the resolve to confer the honorary doctorate on him.
He observed that the conferment of the honorary doctorate is a challenge for the pursuit of greater public good, to which he was utter committed.
He, thus, vowed to leverage his good office to promote the rule of law; purse the enactment of pro-people legislations and lead the path to collective peace and prosperity across the federation.
Before the latest conferment, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti conferred Doctor of Public Law (Honoris Causa) on Bamidele on the 11th February 2024. Also, Joseph Ayo Babalola University honoured him with Doctor of Public Administration (Honoris Causa) on the 23rd January 2023.
Both institutions conferred the honours on the senate leader, citing his commitment to the development progressive legislations and the pursuit of national peace through pro-people legislations.
