Nigerian University honours Coscharis group president

Cosmas Maduka, president of Cos­charis Group, was recently conferred the honorary doctorate de­gree honoris causa by the Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD).

The event took place dur­ing the university’s fourth convocation ceremony at the University in Ado Ekiti for his commitment to academic and business excellence.

In strict compliance with the 2012 Keffi Declaration, the University’s Council and Senate, after a strict, rigor­ous, thorough and merit-based selection process, approved the conferment of this award to Cosmas Maduka. The Coscharis chief is being described as a consummate and first rate business mogul who rose from obscurity to fame, says Michael Ajisafe, a professor and the Vice Chancellor, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti,.

Furthermore, the Vice Chancellor in his address en­thused that the ‘the beauty of honourary degrees any­where in the world is that they are awarded to persons who are deserving of such honours having excelled in character, useful application of intellect and academic excellence.

In many cases, honou­rary degrees are rated higher than the degrees we study to obtain since so many other parameters other than academic excellence are considered before they are bestowed on persons de­serving of them.

For Ambassador Iyoru­wuese Hagher, a professor and the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University Council, the award to Cos­mas Maduka is a privileged honour to the university given his incessant commit­ments to mentoring youths towards turning every single challenge to opportunity.

This award further cements the Coscharis Group’s leader­ship commitment to excel­lence, delivering quality prod­ucts and services to customers and contributing to societal development and progress.

According to the Gen­eral Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communi­cations, Coscharis Group, Abiona Babarinde, this is just one in a series of hon­orary awards received by Cosmas Maduka, who have overtime contributed to an array of endowment chairs, corporate sponsorships and government donations.