UK Honour For LASU Don: Prof. Rotimi Olatunji Wins African Leadership Award In Communication, Media Studies

A wave of celebration has hit Nigeria’s educational and media neighborhood.

The cause is a prestigious continental honour bestowed on certainly one of its most interesting.

Professor Rotimi Williams Olatunji has received the African Outstanding Leadership in Communication and Media Award.

The award was conferred by the Global Skills Hub, United Kingdom, a extremely revered worldwide establishment.

It acknowledges distinctive management, scholarship and affect in Communication and Media Studies throughout Africa.

For many who know him, the honour didn’t come as a shock.

Professor Olatunji is the National President of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria, ACSPN.

He is a distinguished educational at Lagos State University, LASU, the place he has mentored generations of communicators, together with the Team Lead of NOP NIGERIA, Dr. Adeola Yusuf. Olatunji with one other entrance line scholar, Professor Jide Jimoh, collectively supervised Yusuf’s Ph.D Thesis titled; Press Reportage of Oil and Gas Issues in Nigeria: 2015 – 2021.

Olatunji can also be a Fellow of ACSPN, FACSPN, a mark {of professional} excellence.

News of the award triggered an outpouring of goodwill messages from leaders and distinguished colleagues throughout academia and the media career.

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Adeola Yusuf who congratulated Olatunji for what he referred to as the much-deserved award, poured eulogy on the scholar for his immense contributions to scholarship within the space of Communication and Media Studies in Africa.

In his response, the celebrated scholar expressed profound gratitude for the love and celebration.

“I’m immensely grateful to all our leaders and distinguished colleagues for rejoicing and celebrating with me, on the African Outstanding Leadership in Communication and Media Award by Global Skills Hub, United Kingdom,” he mentioned.

He attributed the honour to divine grace, whereas dedicating it to a better objective.

“I acknowledge God as the Source of it all and pray that the honour and Glory of God shall keep manifesting in all areas of our lives and services in the academia, the media professions and the nation at large,” he added.

He concluded with a heat assurance of his highest regards to all well-wishers.

The award as soon as once more spotlights Nigeria’s rising affect in international communication scholarship, with Professor Olatunji main from the entrance.

Olatunji is a Professor of PR and Advertising, Lagos State University; National President, Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria; Fellow of the American Academy of Marketing Science; Registered Practitioner, Advertising ; member, NIPR and Nigerian Academy of Letters . He is an Erasmus+ Scholar, Visiting Professor, Jesus College, Maryland, USA, and Council Member, Strategic Facilitation International/Strategic Global Mentorship, Ottawa, Canada.

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