Akanbi emerges ANA President

Date: 2023-11-20

Dr Shehu Usman Oladipo Akanbi, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, University of Ilorin, has been elected as the 14th President of the umbrella association for creative writers in Nigeria and in the diaspora, the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA).

Dr Akanbi emerged as winner with 124 votes against 85 votes garnered by his opponent, Hajiya Farida of ANA Niger Chapter,at the 42nd Annual General Meeting and International Convention of the Association held penultimate Saturday (November 4, 2023) at the Association's Permanent Secretariat in on Abuja.

By his election, Dr. Akanbi enters into the shoes of immortal literary giants of African Literature such as the late Prof. Chinua Achebe, who formed the Association in 1981 at the Maiden Convention of the Association which he convened at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he was elected as its pioneer President.

Other giants whom Akanbi would be looking up to as past Presidents include Kole Omotoso, late Ken Saro-Wiwa, Odia Ofeimun, Prof. Abubakar Gimba, Prof. Femi Osofisan, and Prof. Olu Obafemi, among others.

A man of prodigious talents, Dr Akanbi, who was President of the Students Union of the University of Ilorin in the class of 1991, was also conferred with the prestigious Fellowship of the Association immediately after his election.

Apart from his academic writings as a scholar of Agricultural Economics, Dr Akanbi has numerous titles in the creative writing genre including " L'abake Isale Eko and other stories", "Weevils on Grains ", a poetry collection, "Suppletunes in Tightangles another poetry collection" and “Tales across the Plains” , a work of prose. In the year 2009, Dr Usman Akanbi's poetry collection, Verdant Verses, won ANA Poetry Prize runner up.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Rafiu Ibrahim     Kazeem Gbolagade     Trader Moni     Aisha Gobir     Iponrin     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Omotoso Musa     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     High Court     Quarry Royal Valley     Taiwo Joseph     Tunji Oyawoye     Laolu Saraki     IEDPU     Ilofa     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Bareke     Oke-Kura     Islamic Development Bank     Hamidu Olowo     United Nigeria Airline     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Afonja     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Kwasu     Budo-Egba     Aminu Adisa Logun     Oyedun Juliana Funke     CBT     ANCOPPS     Oluranti Idowu     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Reuben Paraje     Seun Bolaji     Jamiu Oyawoye     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Bature Bello     Bayo Onimago     Minister     Abubakar Ndakene     Niyi Ogundiran     Moshood Bakare     KWACOBPA     Olateju Lukman     Abdulwahab Ololele     Ariyo     Tunji Folami     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     UTME     Gbugbu     Wale Oladepo     Kwara State Television     Tafida Of Kaiama     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     University Road     HICA     Plat Technologies Limited     Fola Consultant     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Mogaji Aare     Oba Of Jebba     Ahmad Uthman     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Oke-Ode     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     UNILORIN Alumni     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Sulyman Buhari     Yoruba     Nupe     Kola Bukoye     Isiaka Gold     Afonja Descendants Union    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Royal FM     Ojuekun     Idi-Ape     Olupako     SUBEB     Modibbo Kawu     General Hospital     Kwara Poly     Oyedepo     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Abubakar Suleiman     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Osinbajo     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     2017 Budget     JSSCE     Kwara 2023     Photo News     NNPP     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Amusa Bello     Labaeka     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Simon Sayomi     Babaita     CBT     Owu Fall     Elekoyangan     Olaosebikan     Bolakale Saka     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Yakubu Gobir     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Osuwa     Voices Of Tomorrow     SAPZ Project     Chief Of Staff     Oke-Kura     Universal Basic Education Commission     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Alliance For Democracy     John Obuh     New Nigeria People’s Party     Kola Adesina     Femi Oladiji     Gabriel Fashanu     Muhammed Aliyu     Jumoke F. Ajao     IHS Towers     Funmilayo Oniwa     Ibrahim Abiodun     Sambo Murtala     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Sobi FM     Bola Tinubu     Oke-Oyi     Kulende     Ope Saraki     Ayedun     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Maimunat Oniyangi     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Biliaminu Aliu     Village Alive Development Association     Ibrahim Gambari     Yekeen Alabi     Kwara State Sports Commission     Musa Aibinu     Agboola Babatunde     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     SARS     Mohammed Lawal Bagega