Professor Olympus Ejue of the Theatre Arts Department, Yakubu Gowon University (former University of Abuja) left, and Eniola Olakunri, CEO Write Affairs
By Eniola Olakunri
Thursday, June 18, 2026, will remain etched in the memory of many who gathered at the Abuja Leadership Centre of Excellence, Yakubu Gowon University (formerly the University of Abuja). It was the day the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Architect Sonny S. T. Echono, PhD, OON, FNIA, transformed a hall filled with professors, academics, university administrators, students and education stakeholders into a classroom.
For nearly two hours, the accomplished administrator, scholar and public servant held his audience spellbound as he delivered a public lecture based on his doctoral thesis titled “Leadership Selection Process and Governance of Federal Universities in Nigeria (1993–2024).”
What unfolded was not merely an academic presentation. It was an intellectual excursion into the evolution, decline, challenges and prospects of university governance in Nigeria. By the time he concluded, many in attendance had been reminded that learning never truly ends, regardless of one’s title or status.
