The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, is set to deliver the Convocation Lecture at the University of Calabar’s 50th anniversary celebration in Cross River State on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
The Deputy Speaker who is an alumnus of the institution will be speaking on the topic: Our Gown in Town and In Cyberspace: Sustainable and Human-Centered Education. The Mandate of Our Universities 2025 – 2075.
The Bende Federal Lawmaker is well appreciated by the Faculty of Law who recently awarded him “The Most Distinguished Alumnus” of the Faculty and the University itself which recently honoured him as a ‘Most Distinguished Ambassador’.
The Deputy Speaker considered the invitation as a rare privilege from the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi and would storm the University with His classmates from the Class of 1998, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, nicknamed “The Golden Ones’.
“From the 19th to the 21st of March, 2025, the Golden Ones of the Class of 1998, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, will be storming Calabar to fraternize with one another, listen to and debate the Anniversary/Convocation Lecture of one of their own, visit the Government of Cross River State, engage with the Vice Chancellor and Senate of the University, attend one lecture in one of the classrooms they used to sit in for lectures, have their Annual General Meeting and end it with a dinner and night of camaraderie, conviviality and fun memories where classmates will reminisce about their time in the Institution.
The golden ones Class of 1998 will also hold an Alumni Walk and a football match around the Campus to reminisce about their time in Unical as well as access the needs of the University of Calabar.”
Honourable members of the House of Representatives from all the geopolitical zones of the country have indicated interest to accompany the Deputy Speaker to Calabar for the Anniversary/Convocation Lecture.
