Prof. Patrick Oyinkari Delivers Global Leadership Address at Bloombreed Schools

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Global Leadership Address by Prof. Patrick Oyinkari

Theme: The Polyglot Future: Diverse Voices – Inspiring Heroes and Literary Brilliance

Event: Language Week 2026

Host Institution: Bloombreed Schools, Port Harcourt

Date: April 2026

About the Event

Bloombreed Schools, Port Harcourt, formally invited Prof. Patrick Oyinkari, Provost/CEO of Nubian American Advanced College and President of ASK Worldwide, to serve as a Virtual Keynote Speaker and Global Leadership Mentor during its 2026 Language Week.

The invitation recognized his distinguished leadership in education, faith, and global mentorship, and requested him to deliver “The Provost’s Proclamation” for the student poetry anthology Voices of the Future.

The Provost’s Proclamation

During his virtual keynote address, Prof. Patrick Oyinkari challenged students to embrace excellence, leadership, creativity, and global relevance through language, literature, and character development.

His message served as both a charge and a commissioning for young scholars preparing to become future leaders and changemakers.

Impact of the Address

Following the presentation, the organizers described the address as:

More than a speech; it was a catalyst that triggered a historic shift in institutional support

The organizers further acknowledged that the keynote provided the leadership inspiration and institutional momentum needed to ensure the successful execution of the Language Week Grand Finale.

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NAAC Gains approval for New Programmes at 2nd Matriculation Ceremony

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It’s a New Beginning – A Greater Future

Speech by the Provost/CEO of NAAC at the 2nd Matriculation Ceremony of the College on Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Salutation

The JAMB Registrar,
The Principal Officers of the College,
All Directors,
Heads of Departments,
Parents and Guardians,
Gentlemen of the Press,
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Greatest Nigerian Students

Introduction and Welcome

Dear Students, highly esteemed colleagues, members of the NAAC community, friends of NAAC, ladies and gentle men,

I stand on the grounds already established for this great institution which today is on the path of growth from the dreams of the Chief Promoter and Visioner (Dr. Azhinoto Ozodio Ikpah, PhD), on the wings of eagles, to, on behalf of the Governing Council, and the Management team, and with gratitude to God Almighty, welcome you all to the second matriculation ceremony of the college, and heralding the advancement of this citadel of learning with a new academic session, 2025/2026.

Particularly welcome to our College is the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Isaaq Oloyede, very ably represented by the Lagos State Coordinators of JAMB, Mrs. Mary Essien and Mrs. Grace Ojekwe

New Programs Accreditation

It is with great joy that we received the news of the reappointment of the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Professor Idris Bugaje, and take this occasion to warmly congratulate him and trust that we shall truly develop under his watch.

Strongly believing in the mission and value propositions of this institution, the NBTE under his able leadership has approved the addition of Accountancy and Computer Science to our existing Business Administration and Management offerings, which we are ever determined to justify by continuing to deliver high quality, future-fit educational content to our students and rich values to our community and society. We have promised not to be a mere paper-issuing institution but a driver of present and future-ready practice-oriented education and community development.

Commentary on National Education

According to a recent global industrial development review, Polytechnics have been central to Singapore’s economic growth since the establishment of the first one – Singapore Polytechnic – in 1954. Before Singapore, Nigeria had joined the world of progressive pursuits of technological and industrial advancement when Yaba Technical Institute which has transmuted to the current Yaba College of Technology was established in 1947, and Kaduna Polytechnic in 1956, then a lagging till the 1970s when Polytechnic education caught the fire of growth and expansion with the Lagos State Polytechnic (now a university, abandoning the true course of its founding, in 1977/1978 and the establishment of the legal framework for the formal regulation of polytechnics by the Federal Polytechnic Act of 1979. Prior to this, the yearning of the country for development saw the creation of specialized technical institutions which emerged in accredited form as Monotechnics sequel to the establishment of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in 1977. The thrust was to provide technical courses and applied sciences in the country blessed with talents and resources. Two other principal institutions, the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion; and the National Office of Industrial Property, were established in 1979 to accelerate the development of the country through technology acquisition and promotion, as well as the monitoring of the transfer of technology to Nigeria. The vehicles for the actualization of these policies were the Monotechnics and Polytechnics established across the country, the fervour of which has waned and the country now bemoans its squalor having become a dumping ground for inferior foreign goods since she cannot with her institutions produce what she needs. A major consequence of the dwindling interest and support for monotechnic and polytechnic education is the chasing away of the country’s best brains to other climes where they are acclaimed to be high performers. This is quite sad and challenging not only to the policy makers but the citizenry who should all rally together to support developmental education and training through the institutions legislated and created to provide such. America did not abandon what started as Community Colleges in 1901 to gain global acclaim. We, at Nubian American Advanced College, have chosen to pioneer this model and soon, students will find diplomas, associate degrees, and certifications more attractive, and the employers who discriminate against holders of these qualifications risk missing out on talent. It is thus not out of place to look towards Nubian American Advanced College for the honing of today’s talents and skills.

Charge to Students

To our newly admitted students, congratulations on your successful admission. You are now part of an academic community committed to excellence in teaching, learning, character development, and society-impacting activities. As you begin your academic journey, I urge you to embrace discipline, dedication, and integrity, which are the pillars of success in this institution. In today’s world, being one of high-technology and fast-paced, demands that institutions of learning, preparing students for tomorrow’s workplace, cannot be doing well without imparting the requisite skills for fulfilling engagement. Embrace the technologies you are being introduced to and envision a future where you are the champion and nothing less. It will interest you to know that in pursuit of the ideals championed by your college, we shall be hosting executives in a specialized Artificial Intelligence (AI) training course on this campus. Be prepared to hold leadership positions in the scheme of things.

Charge to Staff

To our esteemed members of staff, I sincerely appreciate your commitment and professionalism. The success of this institution rests significantly on your dedication to teaching, mentoring, administration, and technology-savvy service. I look forward to your continued cooperation, teamwork, and excellence as we work together to deliver quality education and uphold our institutional values.

Lectures and other activities have commenced, and I encourage all members of this academic community and our partners to play their respective roles in maintaining a conducive learning environment, mutual respect, and adherence to institutional policies and standards.

Appreciation & Closing

At our maiden matriculation we lauded the JAMB Registrar with deep gratitude for promptly supporting our college sequel to being notified by the NBTE of our approval and accreditation status. Our appreciation continues as our students on the roll has appreciably increased compared to last year. With gladness, therefore we are excited to have you honour again our invitation to matriculate our students. We promise to hold our grounds with these students to see them earn their place of honour and repute in society.

We cannot fully express our gratitude to the parents and guardians who have bitten the bullet at us by entrusting to us the responsibility of molding the lives of their children and wards in a world that keeps demanding more with each passing epoch. It is our pledge to prove you right as we walk together in cooperation to take our matriculants to the next higher level.

The community in which we operate has shown more than a passing glance at our existence but its members have given us their help. We here specially greet the traditional ruler of the land, HRM, Oba Tijani Adetunji Akinloye, Sateru II, the Ojomu of Ajiran Land, the priest and authorities at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, the management and staff of the Palazzo Dumont Hotel promoters of the Maison & Mocha Café, the Rector and management of Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Providence_AIAPP Consulting and MRSoft, our friends.

On behalf of the Governing Council, Management, Staff, and promising Students of this noble institution, I cheer the Chief Promoter, the Nubian Group, and all of us for having held up the vision thus far. We have only just begun, and we cannot lean on our oars yet.

I feel privileged to work with the wonderful associates of Principal Officers, Directors of Schools, Heads of Departments and Academic and other Services, the Academic Board and entire Staff (Teaching and Non-Teaching), whose cooperation and support I cherish.

To the Press and everyone here present, all our friends and sponsors, I say a big thank you. I wish us all a productive, peaceful, and successful academic session.

Thank you for your attention.

Patrick I. Oyinkari, DBL, FCIET

Professor of Business Management & Leadership
Provost/CEO
Country Director, American Institute of Education & Training

Elementor #9027

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Delegation from the Ministry of Tertiary Education and NAAC Staff during the official inspection visit to Nubian American Advanced College on 17 February 2026.

Official Inspection Visit by the Ministry of Tertiary Education

Nubian American Advanced College (NAAC) was honored to receive a distinguished delegation from the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Lagos State, on 17 February 2026 for an official inspection visit following our formal Expression of Interest to establish a developmental working relationship with the Ministry.

The visit represents an important step in the engagement process regarding NAAC’s proposal to deliver a Free One-Day Specialized Executive AI Training for senior educators and policy leaders within the State’s tertiary education system.

Interaction with NAAC leadership

Background to the Engageme

Earlier in February 2026, NAAC formally submitted a proposal to partner with the Ministry in advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) readiness across Lagos State government-owned tertiary institutions.

The proposal outlined a strategic executive training initiative designed to:

▪ Enhance AI literacy and strategic awareness among senior education leaders and policy makers
▪ Accelerate digital transformation within public tertiary institutions
▪ Align institutional leadership priorities with Lagos State’s long-term development agenda
▪ Promote structured, ethical, and responsible AI adoption within government education systems
▪ Strengthen evidence-based decision-making through emerging technology insight
▪ Establish a coordinated framework for AI strategy development across institutions

Purpose of the Inspection Visit

The Ministry’s delegation toured NAAC’s campus facilities to assess:

  • • Learning and training environments
    • Digital and technological infrastructure
    • Hybrid training delivery capabilities
    • Institutional readiness for executive-level programs

The inspection provided an opportunity for constructive dialogue and clarification on operational, technical, and academic delivery components of the proposed Executive AI Training.

Inspection of hybrid learning infrastructure Engagement session with NAAC leadership team

NAAC’s Institutional Capacity

During the visit, the delegation reviewed the College’s operational and technological capabilities, including:

• Smart-enabled learning facilities
• Microsoft 365–based learning platforms
• Hybrid in-person and virtual training infrastructure
• Administrative and executive training spaces

The engagement reaffirmed NAAC’s readiness to deliver globally aligned, technology-driven educational solutions modeled after the U.S. Community College system and tailored to emerging workforce demands.

Commitment to Strategic Collaboration

Nubian American Advanced College remains steadfast in its commitment to supporting Lagos State’s educational advancement objectives and its long-term development agenda toward 2052, particularly in advancing technology-driven workforce development.

We appreciate the Ministry’s thorough and professional engagement and look forward to sustained collaboration in strengthening AI readiness and accelerating digital transformation within the tertiary education sector.

Closing Statement

The inspection visit represents a significant milestone in NAAC’s institutional development journey and reflects a shared commitment to innovation, excellence, and forward-looking education policy in Lagos State.

NECA Hosts Courtesy Visit from Nubian American Advanced College Provost

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Date: Friday, 1st August 2025

The Director-General of NECA warmly received a courtesy visit from Prof. Patrick I. Oyinkari, Provost of the Nubian American Advanced College (NAAC), and Mr. Dagogo Aki, who represented the Chief Promoter of the College, Dr. Azhinoto Ikpah.

Appreciation for Keynote Participation

In recognition of the Director-General’s participation as Keynote Speaker at the NAAC Business Leadership Roundtable on Tertiary Education in Nigeria (held on July 23rd), the Provost presented a commemorative plaque to express the institution’s gratitude.

The Roundtable brought together key stakeholders to discuss strategic reforms and opportunities within Nigeria’s tertiary education sector.

Discussions on Education–Industry Synergy

During the visit, conversations emphasized the critical need for stronger collaboration between educational institutions and the private sector. Key areas of focus included:

Aligning academic curricula with the evolving needs of today’s workforce

Enhancing partnerships to foster skills development

Driving reforms that will position Nigeria’s tertiary education for global competitiveness

NECA’s Growing Role

This visit highlights the increasing recognition of NECA’s role in advancing dialogue and partnerships at the intersection of education, policy, and enterprise development.

With continued engagement, NECA remains committed to building bridges between academia and industry to empower the next generation of leaders.

 

NUBIAN: Stemming the tide of graduate unemployability

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NUBIAN: Stemming the tide of graduate unemployability

Nigerian universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary institutions across the country churn out every year thousands of graduates in diverse professional careers for employment in the labour market. Before 1990s, Nigerian post-graduate students had employment opportunities with mouth-watering offers in both public and private sectors awaiting them before graduating from their tertiary institutions. Most of them were employable with impressive skills aside certificates from their universities and other institutions.

Today, employment opportunities awaiting post-graduate students on graduating from school is fast declining; if not non-existence again. Many will attribute this declining to the poor economy of the country today hindering creation of more job opportunities and the shutting down of many moribound public and private companies or enterprises that were hitherto creating job oportunities. Aside this, most graduates being churned out today by many tertiary institutions are graded unemployable due to inadequate training and low skills from a deteriorating Nigeria’s educational system. The increasing rate of unemployability of Nigerian graduates today has caught the attentions of many of Nigeria’s educational sector’s stakeholders to stem the tide of lots of Nigerian graduates unemployability in the labour market.

Nubian American Advanced College (NACC); a major stakeholder in the Nigeria’s educational sector expressed profound concerns over the growing rate of graduate unemployability at its recent one-day Business Leadership Roundtable conference themed: Realigning Tertiary Educational for Nigeria’s Growth and Sustainable Development. One major discourse at the roundtable was graduate unemployability with solutions proffered by some seasoned stakeholders from both Nigeria’s educational and busimess sectors as speakers at the meeting.

Dr. Azhinoto Ozodio Ikpah, PhD, Chief Promoter of Nubian American Advanced College (NAAC) in his address to the participants at the one –day Business Leadership Roundtable said education should serve as the link between business/industry and the community/society. He noted that businesses exist in the environment and needs the people in the same environment to carry out its functions and operations.

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Nubian American Advanced College, Johnson C. Smith University forge strategic partnership

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Nubian American Advanced College, Johnson C. Smith University forge strategic partnership

It was sheer excitement on Tuesday, July 15th, when the management of Nubian American Advanced College (NAAC), Lekki, Lagos, welcomed a high-powered delegation from Johnson C. Smith University (JSCU), USA.

The colourful event, tagged a “Welcome Reception”, was put together by NAAC in
honour of JSCU’s President, Dr. Valerie Kinloch, and to officially announce its partnership with the US-based university.

Speaking at the event, Dr. Jerome Griffin, President of NAAC, stated that the future of education in various countries, including the US, Canada and the continent of Africa, had been impacted by artificial intelligence technology and by technology as a whole

He stated that Nubian is seeking to create a relationship between historical black colleges and universities in America to ensure that students of both institutions are engaged to be able to understand and change some of the problems they would face in the future.

While noting that over 70 percent of the Nigerian population is under the age of 25, he stated that both universities in the partnership understand that the direction of the future and the world is to empower young people with the power to be able to change problems such as climate change, robotics and being able to educate a child in Abuja and another in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the same time.

Reacting to the challenges that might arise due to a bad network signal, considering that the advanced college pride itself with having llecturers all over the world and it’s student can receive lectures virtually, Dr. Griffin revealed that the Microsoft platform being used by NAAC ensures that their students, either in Nigeria or the United States and the faculty can all engage at the same time. Also, he stated that the institution is working to ensure that the standard in NAAC is at par with what is obtainable in the United States.

On her part, Dr. Kinloch noted that the collaboration is the beginning of a global partnership that is needed, adding that both institutions share the same passion about education.

Kinloch further stated that she is not only excited to support NAAC, but wants Nubian to also support the work they would do in collaboration with each other. She added that JSCU builds partnerships with others who have the same commitment to educating diverse people and educating across the globe.

Meanwhile, the Provost and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NAAC, Mr. Patrick Ida Oyinkari, revealed that Nubian is recognized and approved by the federal ministry of education for the federal government of Nigeria, and accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

According to him, NAAC runs a two-year program associated with the community college model in the US, which is akin to the associate degree granted in the United States. added that NAAC is walking into a community to ensure that no one is left without having something useful and meaningful to do in society.

Ida Oyinkari, who also noted that the advanced college is built to stand on a tripod as a college, as an educational institution and to bridge the community with industries,

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Provost Tasks Students on Innovation

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Provost Tasks Students on Innovation

The Provost of Nubian American Advanced College (NAAC), Prof. Patrick Oyinkari, has charged newly admitted students to embrace excellence, discipline, and innovation on their academic journey.

Speaking during the college’s maiden matriculation ceremony for the 2024/2025 academic session in Lagos, Prof. Oyinkari urged students to see their admission as a call to purpose, emphasizing integrity, hard work, and self-development.

“Your success depends on your commitment. The college will play its part, but it is your application of knowledge, discipline, and innovation that will bring you into prominence,” he stated

He encouraged the students to see themselves as lights on hilltops, prepared to meet societal and industry expectations upon graduation.

Prof. Oyinkari expressed gratitude to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for their roles in granting recognition and accreditation for the college’s programmes. Read More

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