Nigeria’s outgoing Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo will today (Sunday) depart Nigeria for the United States of America where he is billed to deliver a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in Philadelphia.
Africa Today News, New York reports that UPenn, which is one of the eight private universities known as the Ivy League in the United States, was initially established in 1740 as a charity school.
According to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s lecture on Monday will be themed around Climate Change and a Just Transition, and is hosted by the University’s Center for Africana Studies.
It was founded through the merger of the Afro-American Studies Program and the Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. The Center is hosting the Vice President’s Special Lecture in partnership with other faculties of the University such as PennCarey Law, Perry World House, Wharton Business School, Coalition for Equity and Opportunity, and Perelman School of Medicine.
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Besides the lecture, the VP will also participate in an interactive session with students and faculty coordinated by Prof. Wale Adebanwi, Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Osinbajo, a leading voice and strong advocate for a Just Energy Transition for Africa and the developing world, is currently spearheading efforts aimed at creating the African Carbon Market as one of the pathways of a just and sustainable transition.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Osinbajo is expected back in Abuja right after his engagements in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania.
With less than six weeks till handover, it is uncertain what Osibanjo will be doing after he exists office.