The Communications Officer
of LBS, Mr. Francis Jakpor, in a
statement made available to us, stated that sound knowledge, the right attitude
and a solid network were responsible for the feat recorded by the school and
its alumni over the years. A few years ago, the school featured in the Financial Times of London’s ‘open
enrolment education’ category in a list to guide prospective students’ choices
to top business schools.
Mr. Jakpor, in his speech
on the accreditation, said: “Since 1991 when LBS
started as a small institution offering management education in Lagos, it has
consistently resonated with a mix of top executives and upwardly-mobile young
professionals interested in gaining useful management acumen. The reason
for this pull is the school’s prestige and high ethical standards.
“Participants in
LBS’ programmes stand out because of its focus on providing sound knowledge
that equips them to succeed in Africa and beyond. The school employs the
services of world-class local and international faculty to facilitate its MBA
and Executive Education programmes. These academics are often times expert
sources for financial and business intelligence and thought leaders, whose
research works are published in international journals of repute.”
According to Mr. Jakpor, an
erstwhile MBA student, Adebayo Alonge,
emerged as one of the finalists in the maiden Washington Fellowship for Young
African Leaders, last year. That was a flagship programme of President Barack Obama’s Young African
Leaders Initiative (YALI).
He added: “In the same year, Onyanta
Adama, another MBA student, made the shortlist for the FT MBA Challenge
with UK charity World Child Cancer. She joined five other students from Lagos
and abroad to draft a plan on how Ghana could treat childhood cancer in a
self-sustainable manner. Earlier this year, Paul Orajiaka (AMP 20) revamped a rundown school in Ikorodu, Lagos.
He assured that the project was the first in a long line of CSR initiatives
that would cut across the six geopolitical zones of the country in months to
come. This was preceded by his interview with Forbes magazine for starting and
making a success story out of his doll manufacturing company, Auldon Limited,
with a start-up capital of $30.”
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