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| Chief Dr Innocent Chukwuma |
The University of Calabar will on Saturday, March 27th 2021 honour the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Group, Chief Dr Innocent Chukwuma OFR with an Honorary Causa in Business Management
The Vice-Chancellor Prof Florence Obi disclosed this at the senate chambers during a pre-convocation press briefing. She also added that the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Ameachi, would deliver the 34th Convocation Lecture of the University of Calabar.
The Lecture, which will hold on March 26, is themed: “The National Question and the Challenges of Nationhood in Nigeria”.
Justifying the awards, Professor Obi said: ‘These are very credible Nigerians with integrity who have employed over 5,000 people.
‘Our awards are for those who are impacting on the society and their employees and this cuts across boundaries,’ she said.
The convocation for the award of the honorary doctorate will hold on March 27th, 2021.
This is the 7th Doctorate Honour to be awarded to Chief Chukwuma, other includes;
– Honorary Doctor of Management Science from Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna;
– Honorary Doctorate Degree in Business Administration (DBA) from Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu and also was conferred
– Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) by University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN),
– Honorary Doctorate Degree in technology By Bells University of Technology, Ota Ogun State 2017,
– Honorary Doctorate Degree in Management Sciences from Wellspring University, Edo State in 2017
– Honorary Doctorate Degree in Industrial Engineering by Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. March 2020. Etc.
Chief Chukwuma is also the Chancellor of Imo State University.
