The burial programme of the renowned Mass Communication scholar, Professor Lai Oso, will commence on Tuesday with a Special Session of Tribute scheduled to hold at the Lagos State University, LASU, Lagos.
The programme will commence at exactly 10.00 a.m. with a procession.
At exactly 11.00 a.m., it will be time for tributes.
The session is scheduled to hold at Buba Marwa Auditorium, LASU, with the Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Professor Sunday Olayinka Alawode as the host.
The chief host will be the Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji Bello.
FrontPage reports that following the programme released by his family, the remains of Oso will be interred on Friday, July 14, 2023.
The Sagamu, Ogun State event scheduled to start 10.00 a.m. will feature funeral service, interment and reception.
The reception will hold at the Royal Hall, Akarigbo Palace, Sagamu.
According to the programme released by the family of the late scholar, a Special Session of Tribute will hold at the FCMS, LASU, Lagos, on July 11, 2023, starting from 11.00 a.m.
The second day of the programme, July 12, 2023, will feature Prof. Lai Oso: A Day of Tributes, in Abeokuta Ogun State, by Communication Schools; Ogun State NUJ; Ogun NIPR; Media Houses; Colleagues etc.
The programme is scheduled to hold between 12 noon and 3:00 p.m. at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta Ogun State.
On the third day of the programme – July 13, 2023 – a wake keep will be held for Oso at Mercy Hall, Sagamu at exactly 4.00 p.m.
Oso, former Dean, School of Communication Studies, Lagos State University, LASU, died at the age of 67, in an auto-crash along Ore-Sagamu Expressway on his way from Abaraka, Delta State on Saturday, June 24, 2023.
Oso was said to be an external examiner at the Department of Mass communication, Delta State University.
