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rofessor Ibidapo-Obeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s profile can fit into a book. It was quiet a task abridging for the purpose of this interview. For a man with such formidable accomplishments, I think we are missing out on true professionals who would have contributed to the development of their chosen sector. As is normal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even in our football, so it is in national development â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we never field our first eleven.

Meet Prof. Ibidapo-Obe who I spent an enlightening afternoon with him(and wife, pictured with him below) in their Lekki, Lagos home.

Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, a professor of Systems Engineering and President of the Nigerian Academy of Science is a former Vice Chancellor (2000-2007) at the University of Lagos and the inaugural Vice Chancellor of the new Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc [Hons]) degree in Mathematics in the First How did you grow your love for ZDV 1QMRYLQV 0D\ EH ,¡YH EHHQ OXFN\ +H Mathematics/Engineering? was teaching us Mathematics.

Class Division by the University of Lagos, Nigeria When I was in higher school, at Igbobi I remember clearly the type of energy he in 1971; a Master of Mathematics [M. Maths] degree College, we had a teacher who solved every took to teach us Geometry. He taught us problem in Mathematics. I think the name of Trigonometry; it was so interesting. And, in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer the teacher was Aseavatha â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he was from Sri Algebra was just easy. I think it is more of the Science in 1973 and a Doctor of Philosophy [Ph. D] Lanka. We loved him a lot. I got interested in teachers. We have to look more at teachers in Civil Engineering with specialization in Applied trying to do things the way he did because he DQG PRWLYDWH WKHP 'RQ¡W OHW WKHP ORRN DW had a way of making everything look so being bankers or accountants or engineers. If Mechanics/Systems in 1976 both from the simple. they are happy as teacher, motivate them and University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is a With hindsight, I think he must have been they will do a good job. distinguished alumnus of both the University of practicing over and over. Another thing about People like to teach; they like to impact him was that he allowed us unlimited access knowledge but they will not do that if they are Lagos and the University of Waterloo (2006). to his house. He lived in one of the quarters at not happy. If their conditions of service are not Professor Ibidapo-Obe was a Commonwealth Igbogi College. You know as boys, we would such that they can sustain themselves, pay scholar; a recipient of the University of Waterloo always take advantage of that. We would go for fees for their childrenâ&#x20AC;Ś I think that is the to his house any time thinking that we were RQO\ SUREOHP , GRQ¡W WKLQN 0DWKHPDWLFV Post-Doctoral Distinction Award Fellow, and a JLYLQJ KLP SUREOHP ZKLFK ZDV YHU\ GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW English, Physics or Chemistry or any of these NSERC/CIDA (Natural Sciences and Engineering and he would just solve it in two minutes.

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Yes, I did Mathematics at UNILAG. it is the teacher that motivated us.

He has published extensively in reputable Subsequently you continuedâ&#x20AC;Ś So the onus falls squarely on you? international journals with some 100 papers since Yes. When I went to UNILAG, there was a It falls on us in as much as it is within our his appointment as professor in 1983. lot of encouragement. At UNILAG, I met the control. Of course, all what we can do is to late Professors Supo Fagbemi and Chike Professor Ibidapo-Obe is a Fellow, Nigerian advise government to do the right thing. But, Obi. These were Mathematicians themselves. most of the time, government does things Institute of Management; Fellow, Nigerian based on politics. For example, when we 0DWKHPDWLFV ZDVQ¡W GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW IRU \RX" Institute of Management Consultants; Member, have a proper education person as minister, 1R LW ZDVQ¡W GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW DQG , GRQ¡W WKLQN LW LV Science Association of Nigeria, Nigerian Society of you will see the difference. When Prof.

GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW IRU DQ\ ERG\ Nwabueze and Prof. Fafunwa were in charge, Engineers (Associate), American Society of Civil we all saw the difference. But when you bring If you look at the rate of abysmal Engineers (ASCE - Senior Member) as well as somebody who is not even interested; who performance in Mathematics and English Member,NewYorkAcademyofSciences,American sees the education ministry as he sees language across the land, especially for Ministry of Works and Transport or the entrance examinations, what do you think Geographical Association, Institute of Electrical Ministry of Women Affairs, you are not likely is happening? and Electronics Engineers, Institute of to have any meaningful development. If we ,W¡V WKH WHDFKHU 7KHUH LV QR WHDFKHU can change this attitude â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and our attitude Mathematics and Its Applications and the Institute motivation. I told you about this teacher that must change from the top â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then, the sector motivated me. Same thing when I was in of Industrial Engineers. will be better for it.. secondary school. I had a teacher â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his name

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Quiet a few; from the primary up to the university level.

One of the changes will be to re-invent the type of schools I went to, even at primary level. I want to see a school that does much more than teaching to pass secondary school examination; a school that will teach PRUDOV D VFKRRO WKDW ZLOO KDYH D Ă&#x20AC;HOG ZKHUH FKLOGUHQ FDQ play football, netball, volleyball or basketball; a school where you come in the morning and you are ushered into the classroom after the assembly with drums.

This is the type of school I went to. I am not even reinventing. I am not talking of schools in the United States. I am talking of schools that I went to. Re-invent those schools; get teachers re-motivated. Teachers are going to be doing that 24 hours, they are not going to look for extras â&#x20AC;&#x201C; because the type of salaries we will be paying WKHP ZLOO EH VR VXIĂ&#x20AC;FLHQW WKDW WKH\ ZLOO QRW HYHQ ORRN IRU anything else to spend their time doing that. Same also goes to secondary schools. We will put in modern infrastructures so that they will be happy to go to school.

Your tenure at UNILAG was when they had a lot of issues, especially with cultâ&#x20AC;Ś (Cuts in) No, no, no! I moved the cult thing out in two ways. Number one, I got out of my shell â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of sitting on a pedestal and came to talk to the students. I formed a group; I called them Intellectual Model Committee. These were young people in various departments and faculty. I formed them into a committee; they diffused with the students, the lecturers and assistant lecturers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not professors.

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How can you blame that on beautiful girls? The whole problem now rests on women?

Most of the problems rest on women; even female cults are actually based on women and men. The female cult like the Vikings was formed to protect who goes to this man or that man. That is the truth and it is painful. I set up a committee to motivate and encourage students to come forward and renounce the groups. We had some professionals like sociologists, psychiatrists and psychologists to assists the students because there were some genuine needs which we tried to tackle. With this, there was no cultism during my tenure.

You are in Ebonyi as vice chancellor and you are also in UNILAG. You have to travell all the time. What time do you have to relax?

I plan my itinerary in such a way that I do everything in order of priority. Once in a while, when in Abakaliki, I go and play golf. In Lagos, my social events are there. I relax

I love youths. I believe in the youth. I look at my case and I think if the right environment is there, in many cases, our youths will do excellently well.

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This last vacation, about a month ago, I was with my grandchildren and it was fun.

Do you have any plans for retirement?

Our retirement now is 70. I am 65 so, I have 5 years more. I like what I am doing. For example, going to Ebonyi opens another vista in the sense that I never knew that DFFHVV FRXOG EH VXFK D GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WKLQJ , VDZ SHRSOH LQ Ebonyi who have never been to Enugu. They have just been around Abakaliki. These are villagers. Unfortunately, when we now set up these universities and bring them in, VRPH RI WKHP DUH VR EULOOLDQW WKDW WKH\ KDYH Ă&#x20AC;YH RYHU Ă&#x20AC;YH total scores; brilliant people, where have you been!

I think, we have a lot of work to do to educate people so that they can actually achieve their maximum potentiality but we need strong leadership. I know the question is: So, if you believe so much in strong OHDGHUVKLS ZK\ GRQ¡W \RX JHW LQWR SROLWLFV DQG JHW LQWR political affairs? The reason is that the way it is right now, politics is not played on a level ground. You need to do a few things; godfatherism you need to go through. By the time you go through the process and emerge, you would have lost your personality. So, it is better to stay like away and enjoy yourself.

Talking with you, I get a feeling that you love teaching.

You are a consummate educator, if I may say that?

I love youths. I believe in the youth. I look at my case and I think if the right environment is there, in many cases, our youths will do excellently well. Look at the case of United States. What are our people doing in the United State? Most of them are in top jobs, doing very well. Of

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What really makes you happy?

When I see people that are happy; when I am able to do things that make people happy. For example, we commissioned a building for the bishop of my church at Ilesha. The enthusiasm of the people of the town; they were excited seeing the building. That makes me happy.

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lives. But even then, I am not surprised, because IT IS WRITTEN that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because they refuse to acknowledge God in their lives, He gave them up to a REPROBATE MIND to do the things that are not convenientâ&#x20AC;?.

Now tell me my dear, HOW CONVENIENT IS IT TO BREAK UP WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS NEVER DATING YOU, because from the little you have indicated here, he was never committed to you in anyway, but was just sleeping with you like guys just have a lot of free sex with babes these days. Please accept my deepest sympathy.

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Keep speaking; keep saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;MY MAN COMES, AND HE BELIEVES IN YOU, HE LOVES YOU GOD, HE IS A MAN AFTER YOUR HEART, AND NOT AFTER OTHER gods. HE WILL LOVE ME, HE WILL RESPECT ME, AND HE WILL GROOM ME, HE WILL NOT DESTROY ME.â&#x20AC;? Now keep confessing with your mouth, believing in your heart and you will TESTIFY IN A MATTER TIME. God, who is MOVED BY OUR FAITH IN HIM, will bring His Man to you. After you have believed, just wait on Him, and you will not be disappointed.

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Award winning Fashion designer, Lanre DA Silva, the creative fashion guru behind the LDA Label ,designed a dress for the campaign with shimmery gold added to the fabrics, a concept which made the design look very elegant and fashionable .

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PEOPL E “O N E PARTY AT A T IME!”

EKO HOTEL HOSTS LIGHT UP CONCERT By - Oscar Ochiogu

Eko Hotel and Suites on Sunday, hosted Light Up Concert, an event that brought together key officials and customers of respective corporate organizations, high net worth individuals and business executives to usher in the Christmas season. It was a night of glamour, exquisite wines, gourmet cuisine and aficionados featuring some of the best international artists and singers such as Frank Edwards, Lara George, Buchi, Sinach , Cobhams, Viwe Nikita and Many more.

It was a night of songs, dance-drama, orchestra, choreography and a night that provided a unique platform for networking.

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ALLURE, OTHERS AWARDS AT STYLE AND RUNWAY SHOW IN LAGOS As part of rewarding women and men of distinction in the fashion and entertainment industry, Glam& Essence Magazine has named Allure Magazine ‘The Most supportive Media for Fashion &Style in 2014’, while 20 others received awards for their contributions in various sectors of the entertainment, fashion and style industry.

The Awards ceremony, which is the third edition of the Style Awards and Runway Show held at 10 Degrees Events Center, Billingsway Ikeja, Lagos.

The publisher of Glam &Essence Magazine, Susan Eyo- Honesty, Appreciated her guests for making this year event a remarkable one. “This year style awards celebrates outstanding women and men in various sectors of the industry every year, To appreciate and encourage them through their works, This year 20 winners for different categories were nominated and voted for online”.

“The idea is to also encourage young talented fashion designers, entrepreneurs, and creative minded people to work hard, and be the best in their various field of work”.

The show kicked off with the runway show by

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ADEBOLA WILLIAMS TARA HECKSHER RECEIVING AWARD ON BEHALF OF HER MOTHER FROM DAME ABIMBOLA FASHOLA

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FACES AT SME 100 CONFERENCE By - Oscar Ochiogu

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international designers Ade Bakare Loisonell Couture; Trish O. Couture’s, Ella and Gabby who showcased beautiful dresses and lovely pieces in heavily beaded local fabrics. All the designers wowed the audience with different designs from their latest collections.

The special Guest of honour, First Lady of Lagos State presented awards for the category of Game Changer in the industry. Winners in this category were Game Changers in Fashion Designing Ms. Deola Ade-Ojo, CEO, Deola, as well as Mrs. Nike Ogunlesi, Female Game Changer in Children’s Fashion, CEO, Ruff n Tumble Female Game Changer in Events and Interior Designing was Mrs. Uche Majekodunmi, CEO, Newton & David Company and Female Game Changer in the Movie Sector , President, Actors Guild of Nigeria Ibinabo Fiberisima.Others were: Mary Charles, CEO, Twinkul who won the Beautician of the Year; the Most Outstanding Jewelry Designer of the Year was Omotola Sokunbi, CEO, Tokalene; Most Outstanding Fashion Brand went to the LDA Lanre Da Silva Brand; andMs Ono Bello was awarded Young Style Diva. Ejiro Amos Tafiri for Fastest Growing Fashion Brand 2014; Style Icon Of The Year was awarded to Senator Daisy Danjuma.

Vanguard Allure, Most Supportive Media for Fashion & Style 2014. In total 20 awards were given, with different celebrities called upon to present the plaques to the respective awardees..

The event was well represented by prominent dignitaries such as the First Lady of Lagos State, Dame Abimbola Fashola , CEO, Ruff n Tumble, Grace Egbagbe, Lanre Da Silva, Ade Bakare, Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Founder of the ISIS Modeling Agency and Creative Director ‘House of Jala , Joan Okorodudu . to mention but a few. Here are pictures from the event.

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In view of the goal of “ Fostering Partnerships that Would shape Business in Nigeria over the Next 50 Years” , Inversion Ideas, owners of Business Connect Radio, Business Connect Online and E-Qube TV, organised the SME 100 Conference. The conference was an invite-only event and featured some of the most innovative business minds; creating viable and locally relevant solutions to everyday problems with global thinking.

At the event, a series of panel sessions with some of the foremost thought leaders in the area of SME development was held to provide relevant guidance for the entrepreneurs present on how to drive growth and build sustainable businesses. The discourse was themed around the areas of Media and Communication, Access to Finance and Leveraging Technology.

Speakers at the event included; Adeyemi Adewole, CEO/MD ADCEM LTD, Sukanmi Olowo, Head of SME, Ecobank, Adebola Williams, Founding Partner, Red Media Africa, Evangeline Wiles, Managing Director Kaymu.com, Brian Oji, Managing Director Inversion Ideas and Cordelia Okpe General Manager, Metro FM Lagos. Others are Chetaizu Agbo, Managing Director, Bright End Microfinance Bank, Primera Capital, Claire Stall, Business Development Manager of Jovago.com, Rita Omovbude, Managing Director, Rita Omovbude, Consulting and Charles Odii, Founding Partner, Inversion Ideas.

CHINWE SOPHIA ONUORA, ADESINMISOLA MORITIWON AND AIGBOKHAN EJEHI BLESSING

MARTHA NAJOMO

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KIKELOMO FOLA-OGUNNIYU AND AMA AKPATA

UKOLA AKINUBI

BUKOLA SOSAN AND ADEMIRAN FOLASADE

CHUKWUKA MONYE AND CHETA AGBO

OLAYEMI OLUSOGA AND DELORES AGHWEOH

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