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CONVOCATION LECTURE DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE 23RD CONVOCATION OF THE LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, ON THE 16TH OF MAY 2019. PROTOCOLS I am deeply honoured to have been invited to join you on this auspicious occasion of the 23rd Convocation of the Lagos State University. This is a homecoming for me. I am especially blessed to have received my first professorial chair here at the Lagos State University. My other chair was received at your brother University, my Alma Mata, the University of Lagos. The great visionaries led by Alhaji Lateef Jakande, who founded this great place of learning and inquiry, deserve our commendation and praise. It is on account of their farsightedness and resilience in the early difficult days of the establishment of the University that we have today, a University that has proved that it can produce the best people and the most innovative ideas. We also owe a priceless debt of gratitude to the distinguished scholars and faculty of this great University. Men and women of enormous talent who, despite all the challenges of funding and infrastructure, produce excellent research work daily and year after year, they turn out men and women who are equipped with the best resource a man or woman can have, relevant knowledge, knowledge in the 21st Century. We must congratulate the University on being selected amongst so many Universities in West and Central Africa, for the location of a Centre of Excellence, as part of the World Bank’s African Centers of Excellence programme (ACE). This is a recognition of the immense talent and hardwork demonstrated by the faculty and students of our great University. Today, I have been asked to speak on the subject – AFRICA CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE IN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES: A VERITABLE CATALYST FOR NATION BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT According to the US-based National Research Foundation (NRF), Centres of Excellence are physical or virtual centres of research that concentrate existing research excellence, capacity and resources to enable researchers to collaborate across disciplines and institutions on long-term projects that are locally relevant and internationally competitive in order to enhance the pursuit of research excellence and capacity development. The five key performance areas of Centres of Excellence are Research/knowledge production; Education and training; Information brokerage; Networking; and Service rendering. In academia, a Center of Excellence often refers to a team with a clear focus on a particular area of research, such a center may bring together faculty members from different disciplines and provide shared facilities. A Centre of Excellence must by definition, be at the apex of the University or educational system and must also be selective in its area of specialization. It must of course also, be able to concentrate the best staff in its designated field and attract the financial resources that confer it with operational autonomy and for the conduct of stellar research. The concept is not new in Africa. The Centre of Excellence for Integrated Mineral and Energy Resource Analysis (CIMERA), was launched on the 24th of April 2014 at the University of Johannesburg; a Centre of Excellence in Food Security was launched on the 15th of April 2014, co-hosted by the University of the Western Cape and University of Pretoria; and a Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences was launched at the University of the Witwatersrand also in South Africa on the 1st of April 2014, focusing on the main theme of Mathematics of the Earth and Environment. The Africa Centre of Excellence project sponsored by the World Bank is a notable initiative in this regard with emphasis being placed on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The initiative also prioritizes agriculture and health, which are important sectors for African development. I am told that 19 Centres of Excellence have been established in Nigeria to date under the ACE initiative, including (to name a few) those at the University of Benin, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Bayero University Kano, the University of Port-Harcourt, the University of Lagos, Redeemer’s University, and of course, Lagos State University. The establishment of the Centre here will result in enhanced research capacity, quality and impact for the institution, and increased opportunity for research collaborations. ******************* The official YouTube channel for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON. Oluyemi Oluleke “Yemi” Osinbajo is a Nigerian Lawyer and politician who is the current Vice President of Nigeria, in office since 29 May 2015. Follow Prof. Osinbajo online Facebook: Professor Yemi Osinbajo Twitter: @profosinbajo Instagram: @profosinbajo Website: www.yemiosinbajo.ng