By Gbenga Olarinoye

Osogbo—Assassinated former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Late Chief James Bola Ige, was yesterday honoured in his home state, as the visitor to the Osun State University and Governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola named the state-owned university after him.

This was part of a sweeping renaming of all the tertiary institutions in the state which was announced at the convocation ceremony of the university.
Also, business mogul and oil magnate, Mrs Folorunso Alakija was installed as the new Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo, making her the first woman chancellor of government-owned university in Nigeria.

Accompanied by her husband, Mr Modupe Alakija, the new Chancellor had earlier been conferred with Doctorate of Business Administration, DBA, Honoris Causa by the university.
The latest honorary doctorate degree bestowed on her makes it her fifth Honorary Doctorate Degree Award, making it “another glass ceiling broken by womanhood.”

In her speech at the occasion, Mrs Alakija urged parents to change their perspectives on girl-child education in Nigeria, saying that women are now breaking all barriers in human endeavours.
She said that gone were the days when women were restricted to the kitchen and made to suffer in silence, stressing that today women are treading in previously held uncharted territories, where only men were seen.

She recalled that women like Professor Alele Williams, Chioma Ajuwa, Mrs Florence Seriki, Rear Admiral Mrs Toun Okewale-Sonaiya and several others have made their marks on the sand of time, doing what men could not do.

She said: “I feel extremely humbled, proud and excited to be receiving this conferment as Chancellor. I also appreciate the Honorary Doctorate Degree in Business Administration (DBA) (Honoris Causa), which came in as a surprise.