Professor Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika: First Female Professor of Mass Communication, University of Lagos

THE COMMENTARY IS ON THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS AND IT IS WRITTEN BY OLUWASEUN ALESHINLOYE, A 300 LEVEL STUDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT MASS COMMUNICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS.

IN THE MIDST OF ARGUMENT ON IF FEMINISM STRUGGLE HAS WEAKENED THE FEMALE FOLKS, WE SHOULD RAISE OUR HEADS HIGH ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOME WONDERFUL WOMEN IN THE SOCIETY. LET US FACE THE FACT WITH NO PREJUDICE, THE TUSSLE IS NOW BEYOND MEN AND WOMEN AGAINST WHAT WE HAD IN THE 20TH CENTURY. THE REASON IS THAT NOW WE HAVE AGITATIONS BY GAY MOVEMENT, TRANSGENDER MOVEMENT AND OTHER UNKNOWN GENDERS WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER.

AMIDST THIS TANTRUM, THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS DOES WORTH THE NOISE AND FANFARE IT HAS BEEN GETTING BECAUSE IT WILL NOT ONLY INSPIRE YOUNG WOMEN BUT ALSO MEN THAT MADE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THEIR WATCHWORDS.

CONFIRMED ON MONDAY, FIFTH OF JUNE, 2017 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS SENATE, PROFESSOR ABIGAIL ODOZI OGWESSY-NDISIKA HAS RISEN TO THE ECHELON OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. HER FEAT DID NOT COME AS A SURPRISE TO THOSE WHO KNOW HER BECAUSE HER TRACK RECORD OF BEING DEDICATED AND HARDWORKING ESPECIALLY HER CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH OVER 40 PUBLICATIONS AND 28 CONFERENCE PAPERS ARE PROOFS.

PROFESSOR OGWESSY-NDISIKA, WHO BELIEVES THAT WOMEN WHO LEAD MUST READ IS AN ALUMNAE OF PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA. SHE WAS AN UNDERGRADUATE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT WHERE SHE WAS THE BEST GRADUATING STUDENT IN HER DEPARTMENT AND DID HER POST-GRADUATE AND MASTER’S PROGRAMME AT THE DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE BECAME A PROFESSOR.

THE BOY SCOUT’S MOTTO- ‘BE PREPARED’ BETTER DESCRIBED THE COORDINATED AND ORGANIZED WORLD OF PROFESSOR OGWEZZY-NDISIKA. HER APPOINTMENT AS A PROFESSOR SHOWS THE ATTITUDE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS MANAGEMENT TOWARDS SERVICE AND HARD WORK.

HER FEAT IS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE WHO IS AIMING TO BE AT THE PINNACLE OF HIS OR HER CAREER THAT BEAUTY IS NOT JUST SOMETHING TO BEHOLD BUT WHAT ONE COULD DO. THIS IS ALSO A TESTAMENT TO HOW BELIEVING IN ONESELF CAN MAKE YOU SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS HAVE FAILED.

TODAY WOMEN SHOULD STOP BEING SLAY QUEENS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND DO THINGS THAT WILL EARN THEM RESPECT. FEMINISM IS NOT ABOUT MAKING WOMEN STRONGER. WOMEN ARE ALREADY STRONG. IT IS ABOUT CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD PERCEIVES THAT STRENGTH.

THERE IS SOMETHING SO SPECIAL ABOUT A WOMAN WHO DOMINATES IN A MAN'S WORLD. IT TAKES A CERTAIN GRACE, STRENGTH, INTELLIGENCE, FEARLESSNESS, AND THE NERVE TO NEVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. THIS MADE MICHELLE OBAMA TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT A WOMAN CAN ACCOMPLISH AND THIS IS WHAT PROFESSOR OGWEZZY-NDISIKA HAS PROVEN TO THE WORLD.

THAT COMMENTARY WAS ON THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS WRITTEN BY OLUWASEUN ALESHINLOYE, A 300LEVEL STUDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT MASS COMMUNICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS AND IT WAS READ FROM OUR STUDIO.