Our theme speaks to the enduring power of connection, no matter how far we’ve traveled or how much time has passed. Like water, which flows freely yet is shaped by its journey, we too are shaped by our roots and the communities we belong to.
The root of the Egbesin tree does not cross the pathway, cast divination for Amugba, while proceeding on a trip to Lagos, he was asked to make ritual to the deities
Eko akete (Lagos, the domain of akete)
Ilu ogbon (the home of wisdom)
Aro dede maja (an elastic city)
Ero aromi sa legbe-legbe (one that balances on the edge of bodies of waters)
Eni to o ba lo si eko ti o ba gbon (a person who goes to Lagos and doesn’t become wise)
Ti onitohun ba lo s’ajo ko le gbon (will never be wise even if they traverse the rest universe)
Bi oju ko ba t’eyin igbeti, (If the marshy areas are not disgraced)
Oju ko le ti eko (then Lagos can never be disgraced)
Was established by a Bill passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly and assented to by the first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on 22nd April 1983.
The Lagos State University Statute No. 1 of 1983 created the institution. The Statute was revised in 1986 and evolved as the Lagos State Edict No. 5 of 1986. Further amendments to the Edict were made in 1990, 1992, 2004, and 2015; the latest amendment was assented to by the Governor on January 5, 2016.
We are confident that this experience will enhance community psychology research and actions worldwide, empowering practitioners’ strengths in pursuing fairness, inclusion, mattering, and well-being at the beginning of the new century.
We will introduce participants to some significant local initiatives whose principles and goals encompass community psychology values and methods and thus be able to share the African experience with all delegates.
The 11th ICCP is based on local team organizational ability, multiple experiences, and international networking processes of mutual collaboration and collective action that have contributed to creating the academic, teaching, and practical endeavors of the discipline in Nigeria.
