Institution confers doctorate degree on ex-CEO Access bank, Aig-Imoukhuede

The ceremony, which held in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State on January 31, 2018, was in acknowledgement of Aig-Imoukhuede's contributions to national and societal development.

During the ceremony, Prof (Mrs.) Mbang Femi-Oyewo, MFR, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University noted that “the University only confers its honorary degrees on deserving and outstanding individuals, who are exemplary in their endeavours and have shown strength of character”.

Femi-Oyewo, a fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN) presented Aig-Imoukhuede to the institution’s Governing Council for degree conferment.

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She added that “as a symbol of the university‘s recognition of Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede’s contributions to nation building and sustainable development, as well as our association with his vast achievements in the different facets of human endeavours, the University has found him worthy of its Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Honoris Causa”.

Aig-Imoukuede, former CEO Access bank, founder and Chairman of Coronation Capital Limited, an Africa-focused private equity and proprietary investment firm established in 2014, is a lawyer, investment banker, entrepreneur and philanthropist.