CU HOLDS 26th PUBLIC LECTURE

The subject of resource creation and resistance to economic development in an emerging industrial state like Nigeria will be the focus of Covenant University’s 26th Public Lecture on Friday, February 27, 2009.

The lecture titled, “Resource Creation and Resistances: A Continuing Process for National Development” will be delivered by a renown International Business scholar, Professor Sunday Oyewole Otokiti.

Professor Otokiti is currently the Head of Department of Business Studies, Covenant University. He also serves on the Management Committee of the University’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Development Studies (CEDS).

Before joining the University, Professor Otokiti was the foundation Acting Head of Department of Economics, Lagos State University. He was also the foundation Coordinator of the Lagos State University Master of Business Administration (LASU-MBA), foundation Acting Head of Department of Business Administration, and foundation Deputy Director of the Lagos State University School of Part-Time Studies now (External System).

An astute researcher, Professor Otokiti became an Associate Professor of International Business in 2003 and was offered a chair at Covenant University in 2008 to become the first Professor of International Business in Nigeria.

He sits on the Editorial Board of many publications including, Financial Standard, a daily business and financial newspaper; Lagos Organization Review; Lagos Journal of Business; Lagos Business Review; Management Discoveries and Covenant University Journal of Business and Social Sciences.

Professor Otokiti has published widely in reputable outlets and has over 50 publications to his credit.