Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife will on Saturday, December 4 honour 60 graduates of the institution to mark its 60th anniversary.
Among those to be honoured is the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity Femi Adesina.
Mr Adesina said in a Facebook post that he was grateful to be recognised after graduating from the university in 1986.
He wrote, “Glad to get a personal letter from the 11th Vice-Chancellor, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, informing me that I am one of the 60 to be honored with the Distinguished Great Ife Alumnus Award. Who, me? Yes, me o. Common, simple, ordinary me, being invested with such award of honor.
“All praise and thanks to our God who has considered me worthy. I am in the number saved by grace. I am also in the number being honored by Great Ife, an institution I graduated from 35 years ago. It can only be God.”
Adesina added that he was proud to be associated with the varsity.
