Ekiti State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, would on August 23 speak at the maiden edition of Nigeria’s first-ever Governors’ Lecture and Book Presentation at the Centre of Excellence, Media and Technology, Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos.
The lecture is designed by Nigerian communication scholars and practitioners to set new communication agenda in governance with the aim of stimulating critical philosophical thinking and strategic application of communication practices to assist in sustaining excellence in governance in the country.
At each lecture, according to spokesperson of Governors’ Lecture Series and Senior Lecturer, Mass Communication at Covenant University, Dr. Oscar Odiboh, a serving governor would speak to a gathering of communication specialists, teachers, students, industry partners, government officials and the general public on issues relating to communication challenges in governance, image management, practical application of communication, strategic and tactical information deployment, crisis communication and tension management.
The university don explained that by virtue of his experience in communications and position as NGF Chairman, Fayemi is ideally fit to deliver the maiden lecture titled: “Excellence in Governance: Exploring a Synergy Between Think-Tanks and Communicators.”
The governor, he added, would examine the connection between critical philosophical thinking and communication; and show the roles of professionals, strategic information managers, individually and collectively in moving governments towards achieving excellence.
“At the end of his lecture, Dr. Fayemi is expected to set new communication agendas for connecting the government to the people,” Odiboh said.
He noted that the book to be presented at the lecture is titled: “Introduction to Philosophy of Mass Communication for Higher Institutions” edited by Prof. Abiodun Salawu of North West University in South Africa; Mr. Chris Doghudje, former Chairman, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON); and Odiboh.
“The publication is a collaborative, interdisciplinary work in three parts of eleven chapters designed for students of Mass Communication and Philosophy in Nigeria’s higher institutions,” the don explained.
Expected at the inaugural lecture and book presentation are university vice chancellors, eminent professors, royal fathers and mothers; industrialists, Chief Executive Officers of corporations and institutions, communication advisers to governors, media and communication enthusiasts, deans of Schools of Communication and Humanities, heads of Departments of Mass Communication and Philosophy, communication professionals, scholars and students from higher institutions across the country.