Admin|12 March 2016|6:52am
TRANSFORMER
(For Donald Etim Duke: on the conferment of the award of PhD Honoris Causa by University of Calabar, Calabar on 12/03/2016)
This award is a symbol
From an appreciative people that you have humbled
By a litany of your achievements.
It is an academic emblem,
That you will always have to defend,
To the end,
As you transmute into a legend.
You assailed with pride,
When most unsuccessfully tried,
The past events have been measured
And your efforts greatly treasured;
UNICAL is merely saying a thank you for it all –
Your picture will also hang in their Heroes’ Hall.
Presently, you stand on top of the hill,
Looking down between the peaks,
The path that took you there,
Runs deeper than the eyes can see,
Having been recognised as one of the best,
Celebrate and also take a deserved rest.
Your Honoris Causa conferment is a victory,
That will be etched in our history.
Orok Otu Duke
Duke Town
