PAU organizes 20th anniversary Thanksgiving Mass

Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) Ibeju-Lekki Lagos on Thursday, November 3, 2022, organised a Thanksgiving Mass Service as part of the events commemorating its 20th anniversary.

The Mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Lagos Diocese, Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins.

The Chaplain of the University, Fr Tony Odoh; the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Enase Okonedo, and other top officials of the institution received the Archbishop and led him on a tour of the university’s new projects and facilities.

The official entourage comprised the immediate Past Vice-Chancellor, Professor Juan Elegido; the current Vice-Chancellor; Professor Okonedo; Dean, Lagos Business School (LBS), Professor Chris Ogbechie; Deputy Dean, LBS; Prof. Yinka West; The Registrar, Mr. Kingsley Ukaoha; Prof. Chantal Epie; Fr Ignatius Sotos; Fr Paul Ariole; Fr IfeanyiOgboh and Fr Leo Ogbanufe.

The tour activities anchored by the Head of Community Relations of the  University, Mr. Frank Wiggle, commenced with a visitation to the in-house audiovisual studio for media and film production students and a visit to the new School of Science and Technology laboratories, which includes the Electrical/Electronic lab, Physics and science lab, and a newly-equipped Computer Science lab with different scientific apparatus to prepare students with modern-day skills to practice their professional endeavours.

The anniversary Mass commenced with melodious hymns led by the PAU Chapel Choir, the procession of the Archbishop and the officiating ministers.

The Most Rev. Adewale Martins welcomed the distinguished members of the board, staff, students, and other participants to the 20th Thanksgiving Mass.

Also, he commended the unique leadership virtues of the management and faculty in carrying out training and character-moulding policies to build the young students at one of the formative stages of their lives with such bold grace and opportunity bestowed on them by God.

“Whatever we do in such an institution as faculty members or staff in our areas, we become co-workers with God in bringing new creatures into being; Creatures that would have become new because the values and virtues that we may have succeeded in impacting on them”, he remarked.

The Mass ended with a vote of thanks by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Okonedo.

She appreciated the Archbishop of Lagos, Rev. Martins; Fr Tony Odoh, the Regional Vicar of Opus Dei in Nigeria and Chancellor of the PAU; the secretary to the Archibishop, Fr Paul Ariole; the school Chaplain, Rev. Father Ifeanyi Ogboh; Rev. Leo Ogbanofe, and the project committee members that organised the event.

The Vice-Chancellor proceeded to acknowledge and thank the Board of Trustees of the PAU Foundation, Professor Steven Afolami, the immediate Past Vice-Chancellor of PAU, Professor Juan Elegido, who was one of the three founding members of Lagos Business School; the first Alumni Director of Lagos Business School, Mr. Gabriel Diejomaoh; Deans of Schools, Heads of units as well as the altar servers, churchwardens, chaplaincy and PAU choir.

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