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By Noah Ocheni
KOGI State University (KSU), Anyigba is to establish Faculties of
Medicine, Education and Engineering in order to produce the desired
manpower for the rapid development of the country.
The Vice Chancellor of Kogi State University, Professor Francis
Idachaba disclosed this while declaring open the first inaugural
lecture of the University delivered by the Dean, Faculty of Natural
Science, Prof. Sunday Arogba held at the Professor F. S. Idachaba
Twin Lecture Theatre KSU, Anyigba.
Professor Idachaba noted that such establishment would constitute
noble academic culture, adding that the University is expecting
government’s support to enhance the take-off of these new faculties.
He stressed that the University Administration under his leadership
has transformed Kogi State University to a centre of academic
excellence and the feat is unparalled in the annual of development
of higher institution.
The purpose of University’s inaugural lecture, according to him, is
to provide a newly appointed Professor in any discipline opportunity
to present to the academic community and the world at large the body
of knowledge that such person professes.
Prof. Idachaba further stated that the lecture also provides the
professor the opportunity to share with the people the knowledge
generated by his or her research in terms of theory, methodological
advances, empirical knowledge or in other aspects of his or her
contribution to knowledge.
The Vice Chancellor noted that the inaugural lecturer might also
indicate the existing gaps in knowledge in the discipline of the
lecturer as highlighted by his or her research that might open new
vistas for future research by other academics.
He was optimistic that after the first inaugural lecture in KSU,
subsequent lectures would roll out in the months and years ahead, in
consonance with the calendar of lectures that would be endorsed by
the senate of the University.
In his lecture titled, “Phenolics; A class of Nature’s chemical
weapons of self-preservation,” Prof. Arogba pointed out that in
natural products chemistry, phenolics are considered as waste
products of primary metabolic processes.
These metabolites, according to him were not initially thought to be
of any particular use to plants in which they occurred, or to man.
But scientific evidence abound today identifying them with numerous
biological activities of value.
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