Awkuzu people of Anambra state resident in Abuja have rolled out drums in honour of their traditional ruler, Professor Charles Anikweze, as he presented the twenty third inaugural lecture of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
The Twenty Third Inaugural Lecture tagged “Assessment for learning: A panacea for quality education” was well attended by the University community, Awkuzu people, friends, relations and well wishers of the Anikweze family.
The Presenter, Professor Charles Anikweze, who is also the royal father of Awkuzu in Oyi council area, joined the Nasarawa State University in 2006, after retirement from the National Commission for Colleges of Education, as the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics.
He has produced twenty seven PhD holders and over eighty Masters of Education graduates and authored a number of books, published sixty four articles in reputable journals and books of reading.
Igwe Anikweze has ninety eight conference papers and twenty guest lecturers to his credit.
According to him, if teachers get it right at all levels of education in Nigeria, the quality of education will improve tremendously.
He said that quality education can be conceptualized as education that is relevant to the developmental needs of the recipients as individuals, and society at large.
Earlier in a welcome speech, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Suleiman Bala Mohammed, described the topic as apt noting that since education is critical to the development of any nation, quality education becomes imperative as it will go a long way in checkmating the ills in the society.
In their separate good will messages, the Dean Faculty of Education in the University, Professor Maicibi, the President General of Awkuzu Progressive Union, Chief George Echesi, Professor Augustine Odili of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Architect Eric Onyekwena, among others eulogized the traditional ruler for achieving the laudable feat.
It will be recalled that Professor Charles Anikweze became Igwe Nnamenyi the Third of Awkuzu after he was issued with a certificate of recognition by Governor Willie Obiano on second May, 2019.
