By Hassan Sulaiman
The Society for Peace and Practice (SPSP) has conferred its highest honour of Fellow on Professor Tunde Akanni Musbau at it’s 2026 annual conference held in Ibadan, OOO state, Nigeria.
Professor Akanni is a distinguished scholar of the department of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Faculty of Communication, Lagos State University.
Akanni has distinguished himself in academic responsibilities of teaching, research and community linkage. He joined the department in 2001 as Assistant Lecturer and rose through the rank and file to attain the zenith of his career.
Before joining LASU, Akanni had a stint with Centre for Free Speech where he performed well in Human Rights Advocacy.Prior till this, he was a correspondent with Concord, where he performed creditable as a feature reporter.Akanni has also collaborated with and still working hard and identified his personality with development communication geared to promoting sustainable social change and peaceful co- existence.
A graduate of the prestigious University of Ibadan, Leicester and ilorin, Akanni is a scholar with flair for strategist.He was at a time the former HOD of the department whose tenure witnessed landmark development.
Presently, he is a member of the Department and Faculty Board of Studies.He,at many served in many committees of the University,aside being a member of the Senate of the University .He collaborated with United States Agency for International Development ( USAID) and other agencies to deep studies in thr area of Sustainable Development Goals.
Akanni is very resilient, relentless, courageous and has a penchant for paying attention to details.
Akanni scholarly publications and newspaper commentaries have earned him,the department and the Faculty great recognition.The Department hereby wishes Professor Akanni more awards and elevation
Suleiman, H.B
Acting HOD, Journalism and Media Studies,
Lagos State University
