MEMORIAL CONFERENCE AND COLLOQUIUM OF PROFESSOR BANKOLE OLUSIJI OKE.
Theme: THE ROLE OF VISIONARY MENTORSHIP IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: IMPLICATIONS ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH.
DAY 1.
The conference which was held on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, took place in the University of Ibadan Conference Centre. At exactly 10:25am, Dr Akioye of the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine came on podium as she began as anchor of the Ceremony.
Present at the event, the family of the deceased; His Beautiful Wife, Prof. Mrs Oke, one of his children, Babajide Oke and His wife.
The Vice-Chancellor, the University of Ibadan was represented by The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin) Prof. Ezekiel Ayoola. The Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Prof. Olufunke Ola-Davies. The Director, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Prof. J.O Olopade. The Dean, Basic Medical Sciences, Prof. Mrs Odunola. Other Professors and Doctors were also present from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and other Faculties in the University of Ibadan.
The National anthem and School anthem were sang, followed by the welcome speech, given by the Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Prof. Olufunke Ola-Davies.
The Keynote Speaker, Prof. Ebenezer Olatunde Farounbi (President, Forum of Nigeria Toxicologists), he is also Top 1% of 45,000 toxicologists in the world and Top 1 Toxicologist in Nigeria.
He mentioned that he met Prof. Oke through his wife and has been friends of the family for over 30years.
His topic:
THE ROLE OF VISIONARY MENTORSHIP IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: IMPLICATIONS ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH
Lecturers have 3 mandates; to teach, research and community service.
Without research, a lecturer cannot grow or be promoted. Yet, research gives birth to teaching and not the other way round.
He then went on as he spoke on how important mentorship is and how having a mentor in his career has greatly helped him to progress effectively. In choosing a mentor, it must be a well-respected, senior person in the desired field and the mentee in turn must be teachable and willing to learn, he said.
After this, The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ezekiel Ayoola delivered a prepared speech written by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adebowale in which he addressed Prof. Oke as “Banky”, which depicts his familiarity with the deceased icon.
While all this was going on, in walked the Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine FUNAAB, Prof. Adebayo Akinloye who was also one of Prof. Oke’s PhD students.
The Plenary Speaker, Prof. Francis Egbokhare of the Department of Linguistics and African language, a council member of the Staff club alongside Prof. Oke spoke on,
THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN CRISIS.
Mentioned that the real problem of Nigerian Universities is not the external problems caused by the government and the environment but by our failed system. He went on to quote Chinua Achebe, “To stumble on a stone once, twice and thrice is a proverbial disgrace”
For, if the purpose of the students is to pass exam, they will cheat
And if the purpose of the lecturers is to get promoted, they won’t do their duty to teach.
After the presentations from both speakers, there was a tea break and the conference continue with the scientific session which included various presentations across various faculties on diverse topics.
THE SCIENTIFIC SESSION featured lots of researchers, Undergraduate students, PhD students, Associate Professors, Lecturers and Professors in the University of Ibadan.
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was proud to have one of its students, Damilola Gbore 500level (DVM IV) present on The Effect of water extract from Euglena gracillis on granulocytic differentiation and activation of promyeloblasts. From the College of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Moyinoluwa Satimehim, a 600level student presented on The Effect of mentoring on the psychosocial well-being of medical and dental students at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Other researchers who presented include, Dr Ighado of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Dr Omotayo Fagbile, An associate professor at the Faculty of Dentistry and others.
At about 4pm, the conference was brought to a close. To be continued on Wednesday 10th August 2022.
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