The Vice Chancellor of Lead City University, Prof. Kabiru Adeyemo has called on the institution’s graduating students to uphold the ideals of confidence, etiquette, professionalism and self-development anywhere they find themselves.

Adeyemo made the call during the 2025 Poise dinner and awards organised by the university in conjunction with the Institute of Personality Development and Customer Relationship Management (IPDCRM).

Speaking on the theme: ‘Reinventing Graduates for Personal Actualisation and Corporate Sustainability’, Adeyemo said: “At Lead City University, we are committed to academic excellence. We develop in you the sense of confidence, etiquette, professionalism, and capacity to develop.”

In his remarks, the Deputy Registrar of Corporate Services, Lead City University and convener of Poise Dinner/Awards May 2025, Dr Ayobami Owolabi, noted that the award was a strategic enterprise in terms of integrated marketing communication architecture.

Owolabi maintained that it was a way of harnessing resources to engender the much-desired development. He said the awards were an avenue for teaching their students the expectations of a work environment.