Nigeria, May 22 -- In what I can only describe as a moment of visionary alignment, the Adeyemi Federal University of Education has announced that Professor Toyin Falola will deliver the maiden convocation lecture in its new status as a full-fledged university. This is no mere ceremonial gesture - it is a bold, symbolic act that honours the past, affirms the present, and points unflinchingly to the future.

Adeyemi, itself a university in transition, has found in Falola the perfect representation of intellectual evolution and cultural reaffirmation. It is a marriage of purpose. A transformational institution has chosen a transformational figure. The nation - and indeed the continent - must pay attention.

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