President Muhammadu Buhari and Ghanaian President John D. Mahama are expected at the 40th and 31th convocation ceremony of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN).

In a statement, Head of the University's Corporate Affairs Directorate Kunle Akogun said Mahama, who is also the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will deliver the 40th anniversary lecture on Friday, October 23.

The date incidentally, serves as the university's Founder's Day. The title of the lecture is "Africa's Agenda 2063: Ending Poverty and Ensuring Prosperity in Africa."

Akogun added that apart from the award of prizes, first degrees, postgraduate degrees and diplomas, other activities scheduled for the week-long events include the investiture of the university's Fifth Chancellor, HRH (Dr.) Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, the Emir of Katsina on Thursday, October 22.

He said that a convocation lecture entitled "Educational Reform and Nation-Building in Nigeria" will be delivered by Prof. Jacob Kehinde Olupona of the Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA.

The convocation will also include the unveiling of a commemorative book, "Unilorin @ 40: The Soaring Eagle" as well as the commissioning of about 22 new projects executed by the university administration in the last one year by President Buhari on Friday, October 23.