Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, 3 others decorated with ABUAD’s honourary doctorate degrees

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Sultan, left, and Oni of Onitsha after their decoration as Doctors of Letters at ABUAD on Monday 21 October 2019.

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*Tambuwal, Sanwo-Olu, 2 other governors, Aregbesola, JAMB Registrar Oloyede, Yayale Ahmed witness decorations of Sariki Musulumi, Tinubu, Obi-Onitsha, Adegbulugbe

*As Attah of Aiyede Ekiti, Deji of Akure attend

By Kemi Kasumu

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, was on Monday  conferred with Afe Babalola University’s Doctor of Letters honourary consal.

*The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, second left, flanked on his left by three other honourees: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, and Professor Anthony Adegbulugbe, during his conferment of honourary doctorate degree at 10th Founder’s Day Awards and Seventh Convocation Ceremonies of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, South West Nigeria, on Monday 21st October 2019.

He was not alone. Obi of Onitsha Igwe Alfred Achebe, frontline politician and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and a notable oil and gas investor, Professor Anthony Adegbulugbe were also decorated with similar honourary awards.

*Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, flanked on his right by Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and I his right by Deji of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi Odundun II, as he and the governor departed Ekiti via Akure Airport, on Monday 21 October 2019.

The Sultan was accompanied to the honour event by Governor of Sokoto State and Mutawallen Sokoto, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Waziri of Sokoto, Professor Sambo Junaidu, Galadima of Sokoto, Alhaji Attahiru Aliyu, and former Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Alhaji Yayale Ahmed.

*Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, greets the Deji of Akure Kingdom while the JAMB Registrar/CEO Professor Is-haq Oloyede, middle, looks with keep interest, during the Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti honour event where Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar was decorated on Monday 21st October 2019.

The Amirul Mu’mineen of Nigeria, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, was also accompanied by the Deji of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, the Attah of Aiyede Kingdom, Ekiti State, Oba Alhaji Abdulmumini Adebayo Orishagbemi, President-General, League of Imams and Alfas, South West, Edo and Delta, Sheikh Jamiu Kwewulere Bello, Chairman, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Ekiti State, Alhaji Yakubu Sanni, among others.

The dignitaries were honoured during the 10th Founder’s Day Awards and Seventh Convocation Ceremonies of the institution in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital.

Just like Sultan of Sokoto was decorated as Doctor of Letters, Obi of Onitsha got similar honour, while Tinubu, who was accompanied by Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Adegboyega Egbeyemi, was decorated with honourary Doctor of Public Administration.

*The Sultan, accompanied by Deji of Akure, arriving for the award on Monday.

Sultan Abubakar, a retired General of the Nigerian Army, is a serial honourary awardee, who has received honourary degrees in over 10 universities including Crescent University Abeokuta, Nigeria. He is also the current Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.

Tinubu was honoured by the institution due to his political acumen and for being a believer in true federalism.

The honourary awardees were subsequently inducted into the alumni association by the founder of the institution, Chief Afe Babalola.

Other dignitaries who graced the occasion included the Registrar and Chief Executive of Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede and many eminent scholars of universities from far and wide.


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