Nigeria's Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has been appointed a full professor of an American university.
TheCable reports that according to a media aide, the Southern
University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA), has appointed Ike Ekweremadu,
deputy senate president, as a full visiting professor and senior
mentoring scholar of e-governance and strategic government studies.
In a letter addressed to the lawmaker, the university said
Ekweremadu is expected to mentor doctoral students, junior lecturers, as
well as take a lead in advising the university’s research centre on
academic issues related to e-governance and strategic government
studies.
Describing Ekweremadu as “a motivation to the Nigerian youth, both
at home and in diaspora”, the university said his appointment was
predicated on his intellectualism and long experience in leadership in
Nigeria and Africa.
“Southern University was founded in 1880 and has always been at
the forefront of academic research, as well as mentoring of many from
the black community in the USA,” read the letter made available to TheCable by Uche Anichukwu, spokesman of Ekweremadu.
“Looking at your academic, administrative, and overall
leadership in Nigeria and Africa, you fit perfectly in southern
university’s goal to remain a leading research and teaching institution
in the United States and beyond.
“We are excited to have you join our university and our
research center. We believe the background you bring from your pool of
experience will be most valuable to the university community as a whole.
“It is our fervent hope, sir, that you will accept this offer.
“Once again, congratulations, professor Ike Ekweremadu.”
A senior legal practitioner and former lecturer at the University
of Nigeria, Enugu campus, Ekweremadu holds a PhD in law and has
undergone executive strategic leadership training at the Harvard
University and Oxford University.
The senator is an author of several books and has delivered over
25 public lecturers, mainly on the subjects of good governance,
constitution-making, and the principles of federalism at both local and
international fora such as the Osgood hall law school, York University,
Ontario, Canada; Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, USA;
parliament of the United Kingdom; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, federal
university of technology, Minna; university of Ibadan; Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Awka as well as several commonwealth and ECOWAS fora.
Ekweremadu has also held several leadership positions, including
local government council chairman; chief of staff, government house,
Enugu; secretary to the government of Enugu state; and is currently
serving a fourth term as senator.
He is the only Nigerian that has served as the speaker of ECOWAS parliament.
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