Ogun Peace Corps Commandant bags honourary Doctorate degree

The Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Ogun State Command, Olalekan Yusuff has been conferred with an honourary Doctorate Decree by Edexcel University, Republic of Benin.

Yusuff and his Oyo State counterpart, Oludare Adesina and two others were honoured with the Prestigious awards by the bilingual private owned University situated at Port Novo.

Until the recent honourary Doctorate award, the Ogun Commandant holds Bachelors Degree in Political Science and Masters Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Ibadan.

He is a graduate of National Peace Academy (NPA) and holds a certificate in Basic Conflict Management Course (BCMC).

He has many professional qualifications and fellowship awards including, member of Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies (IPSS), Member, Society for peace study and practice (SPSP), Member, Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) and Fellow, Institute of Criminological Studies and Security Management, Nigeria (ICSSM).

Speaking about the awardees, the President of the University, Professor Ode Emmanuel noted that they were carefully selected based on their track records and achievements in their choosing careers.

He urged them to continue to represent the institution well wherever they go and also work towards making the citadel of learning one of the best in Africa.

While appreciating the University management and other stakeholders for their show of love, the Ogun State Commandant, Olalekan Yussuf thanked the National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Ambassador Dickson Akoh for establishing Peace Corps and creating the platform for People to leverage on.

He noted that the honour will spur him to do more of service to humanity and commend the institution's management for taking time to carefully select people of flawless background and impeccable conducts for the awards.