Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, has unveiled programmes for its 14th convocation ceremonies, featuring an International Hydrogen Summit, a lecture on functional education and the conferment of honorary degrees on distinguished Nigerians.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor E. Smaranda Olarinde, disclosed this at a pre-convocation press conference in Ado-Ekiti, saying the week-long activities would run from October 14 to 21, 2026.
Professor Olarinde said the second International Hydrogen Summit, with the theme, “Charting a Pathway to Clean Energy: Science, Policy and Industrial Nexus,” would hold on Friday, October 16, while the convocation lecture, titled “Functional Education and the Nigeria Project: Strategic Human Capital Development for National Renewal,” would be delivered on Tuesday, October 20, by the Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Professor Obiora Okonkwo.
The Vice-Chancellor announced that the university would confer honorary Doctor of Letters degrees on Professor Okonkwo, entrepreneur and investor, Mr Niyi John Olajide, and business leader and philanthropist, Princess Dr Rosemary Osula Mku-Atu, in recognition of their contributions to society.
She added that the university’s Founder and Chancellor, Aare Afe Babalola, would receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Trinity Western University, Canada, and Trinity International University, United States of America, at the grand finale on Wednesday, October 21.
Other activities lined up for the convocation include professional inductions for graduating students, sporting events, a thanksgiving service and the third edition of Aare Afe Babalola Day.
Professor Olarinde disclosed that the university would graduate 2,194 students, comprising 1,759 undergraduate and professional graduands and 435 postgraduate students, making the Class of 2026 the largest graduating class in the institution’s history.
She reaffirmed ABUAD’s commitment to functional education, research, entrepreneurship and character development, stressing that the university would continue to produce graduates equipped with practical skills and the values required to contribute meaningfully to national development.
