GWR: Nigerian Lecturer, Nsikak Akpan Begins 150-Hour Marathon Lecture
A Nigerian lecturer, Dr Nsikak Akpan is currently on a quest to break the Guinness World Record, GWR, for the longest lecture.
Akpan was permitted by the GWR to break the existing longest lecture currently held by an Indian Professor, Arvin Mishra who lectured for 139 hours 52 minutes 42 seconds lecture in 2014.
The Provost of Foreign Links College started the quest on Monday, September 23 inside the school campus, Moro, Ife-North local government, and as of the time of filing this report Wednesday afternoon, has lectured for 54 hours.
The Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, alumni is delivering a lecture on, “the relationship between man’s environment and health”, with students of the school sitting as audience.
He is set to complete the task on Sunday, September 29, 2024, by 5 pm.
When completed, he would be the first Nigerian lecturer to complete such a task.
According to him, the quest is aimed at giving back to the academic environment as he attempts to tell the world about the consequences of abusing the environment on man.
