Governor of Ekiti State/chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, is expected to speak at the maiden edition of Nigeria’s first-ever governors’ lecture and book release.
The event, an annual agenda-setting platform for communication in governance, will hold next week Friday at the Centre of Excellence, Media and Technology, Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos.
According to Oscar Odiboh, an academic doctor and spokesperson of the governors’ lecture series and senior lecturer of Mass Communication at Covenant University, the annual event is designed by Nigerian communication scholars and practitioners to set new communication agenda in governance.
It is also aimed at stimulating critical philosophical thinking and strategic application of communication practices to assist in sustaining excellence in governance in the country.
At each lecture, a serving state governor will be speaking 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 explains that by virtue of his experience in communications and position as chairman, NGF, Governor Fayemi is ideally fit to deliver the maiden lecture titled “Excellence in Governance: Exploring a Synergy Between Think-Tanks and Communicators.”
Fayemi will 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, he will set new communication agenda for connecting the government to the people.
The book to be released at the lecture is titled “Introduction to Philosophy of Mass Communication for Higher Institutions” edited by Oscar Odiboh, Abiodun Salawu, a professor at North West University, South Africa, and Chris Doghudje, former chairman, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON).
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.
Expected at the inaugural lecture and book release are university vice chancellors, eminent professors, royal fathers and mothers; industrialists, chief executive officers of corporations and institutions.
Other targeted audience are 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.
