UNILAG confers honorary doctorate on Wale Tinubu

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Oando Group, Adewale Tinubu, has been conferred with the honorary Doctorate Degree of Business (Honoris Causa) by the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

Tinubu was conferred with the degree during the 56th convocation of the university in Lagos on Thursday, January 22, 2026.

According to the letter sent to Tinubu, the conferment was based on his sterling contributions and the recognition of his exceptional leadership in the business, energy and education sectors.

The letter read: “On behalf of the Governing Council, Management, Staff, and Students of the University of Lagos, I am pleased to inform you that the Governing Council, in recognition of your exceptional leadership in the business, energy and education sectors, has approved the recommendation of the University’s Senate for the conferment of the Honorary Doctorate Degree of Business (Honoris Causa) of the University of Lagos on you.

“The award will be conferred during the 56th Convocation Ceremonies on Thursday, January 22, 2026.”

The oil guru also gave a speech on behalf of the other awardees at the ceremony.

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Tinubu has been in the forefront of quality education in the country with his firm, Oando’s establishment of Oando Foundation as an independent charity to support the federal government in actualising its Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme.

The Foundation has taken a multifaceted approach to education that delivers a superior learning environment for both pupils and teachers alike.

The Foundation’s flagship programme is its Adopt-a-School Initiative (AASI) which strives to address the needs of students, teachers, and the education community through infrastructure development, establishment of ICT/creative centres, early childhood care and development centres, teacher capacity building and scholarship programmes.

Some notable achievements include the Foundation’s adoption of over 100 public primary schools across the country, enrolling over 100,000 out-of-school children, building and renovating hundreds of classrooms, distributing over 30,000 teaching and learning aids, and the award of scholarships to brilliant, under-served children from adopted schools to transit and complete secondary school.

Tinubu had earlier stated that his reason for establishing the Foundation is to make poverty of the mind a thing of the past in Nigeria where opportunities would exist for every Nigerian child being given access to quality basic education and the ability to lift themselves out of poverty.

The Star