Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has arrived in the United States, where he is expected to deliver a Special Lecture, themed: “Climate Change and a Just Energy Transition,” at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, on Monday.
The presidential jet conveying him and his entourage landed at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) Saturday night, where he was received by the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America, His Excellency, Dr (Mrs) Uzoma Emenike and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, His Excellency, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.
Vice President Osinbajo, had earlier on Saturday, April 22, 2023, departed Nigeria for the US ahead of his invitation by the University of Pennsylvania, UPenn in Philadelphia, to deliver a Special Lecture and engage with students of Wharton Business School, among others.
The Vice President’s lecture on Monday will be themed around Climate Change and a Just Transition and is hosted by the University’s Center for Africana Studies.
UPenn which is one of the eight private universities known as the Ivy League in the United States was initially established in 1740 as a charity school. It was later transformed into an academy in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin, a future founding father of the United States, who also served as the first president of the Board of Trustees of the University.
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It was founded through the merger of the Afro-American Studies Program and the Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. The Center is hosting the Vice President’s Special Lecture in partnership with other faculties of the University such as PennCarey Law, Perry World House, Wharton Business School, Coalition for Equity and Opportunity and Perelman School of Medicine.
Besides the lecture, the VP will also participate in an interactive session with students and faculty coordinated by Prof. Wale Adebanwi, Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Prof. Osinbajo, a leading voice and strong advocate for a Just Energy Transition for Africa and the developing world, is currently spearheading efforts aimed at creating the African Carbon Market as one of the pathways of a just and sustainable transition.
Prof. Osinbajo is expected back in Abuja right after his engagements in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania.
