Lagos State University, LASU, has conferred honorary doctorate degrees on three prominent Nigerians, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Mrs Harriet-Ann Omobolanle Adesola and Mr Akin Kekere-Ekun, OFR.
The honours were conferred on Wednesday during the university’s 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremonies held at the Buba Marwa Auditorium, Ojo. LASU had earlier announced the three recipients as part of activities marking the combined ceremonies.
Dangote, founder and President of the Dangote Group, received a Doctor of Business, Honoris Causa, in Entrepreneurship, Industrial and Human Capital Development.
Adesola was awarded a Doctor of Business, Honoris Causa, in Corporate Finance and Governance, while Kekere-Ekun received a Doctor of Business, Honoris Causa, in Entrepreneurship, Finance and Management.
The university said the honorary degrees were in recognition of the recipients’ contributions to national development, scholarship, public service and humanity.
Kekere-Ekun is a renowned banker and technocrat and a former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of LASU. He also previously served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Nigeria, Yola.
He began his professional career in the Nigerian capital market before joining Habib Nigeria Bank, where he rose to become Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
He has also served in several public and private sector capacities, including Chairman of the Lagos Municipal Transport Corporation, member of the National Council on Privatisation and Chairman of the Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation.
Kekere-Ekun was awarded the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic, OFR, in 2001.
The conferment formed part of the final day of LASU’s combined convocation ceremonies, which also featured the award of professional and academic doctoral degrees to graduands.
The university is graduating 20,604 students from the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions.