The Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, has appointed Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, as full Visiting Professor and Senior Mentoring Scholar of E-Governance and Strategic Government Studies.
Media aide to Ekweremadu; Uche Anichukwu 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.
Anichukwu also said the university explained that, its doctoral students and lecturers also have ambitions to serve in government and not just in the academia and would, therefore, benefit from his experience.
He said the university described the senator as “A motivation to the Nigerian youths, both at home and in Diaspora”. His appointment is said to be based on his intellectualism and long experience in leadership in Nigeria and Africa.
