The Nation’s Poltical Editor Bags Ph.D

The Group Political Editor of The Nation Newspaper, Emmanuel Oladesu, has been conferred with a doctorate in Educational Psychology at the University of Lagos, Akoka.

Oladesu was among the 96 graduates during the 2015/2016 convocation ceremony chaired by the Chancellor, the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Garba El-Kanemi, last week.

His thesis, which was supervised by Dr. Olusola Aletan and Prof. Guy Ilogu, both of the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, was titled: ‘The Impact of Pre-retirement Training on Anxiety and Attitude to Retirement Among Public Primary School Teachers in Ekiti State.’

A native of Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State, Oladesu attended the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti (OSUA), where he was the best graduating student in the Department of Guidance and Counselling and the best graduating student in the Faculty of Education in 1995.

He also holds a Master’s degree in Personnel Psychology (MPP) from the University of Ibadan (2000) and a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology (M.Ed) from the University of Lagos (2003).

Last year, he became an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), a professional body he joined in 2004.

Oladesu won the 2014 DAME Political Reporter of the Year. Also, in 2015, he won the NNMA Political Reporter of the Year.

Reflecting on the five-year-old struggle for the apex degree, Oladesu thanked God, his wife, Mrs. Vivian Oladesu, his supervisors, the Head of Department, Prof. Ngozi Osarenren, Professor Ayoka Olusakin, Prof. Monday Ubangha, Dr. Mopelola Alade, other lecturers, the staff of the Post-Graduate School, and his colleagues at the doctoral class for making it possible.

He said: “I am happy for the privilege to join the league of those who have been licensed in the Ivory Towers to intellectually rule the world. I thank God for the fulfillment of my dream and destiny. It is now incumbent on me to live up to expectation in post-school years and use the acquired skills and experience to bear on my work as a journalist.”