KEY POINTS
- Dr. Nsikak Akpan plans to break this record by giving a continuous lecture for the period of 150 hours that is 6 days and six hours.
- The main topic of the long lecture is the connection between health and the environment.
- The programme is planned to hold in Osun State, Nigeria between September 23 and 30.
Dr. Nsikak Akpan, an academic from Nigeria, is embarked on a task to achieve the record for longest uninterrupted lecture in the world. That Akpan has secured sanction from Guinness to give a lecture for 150 hours between September 23 and 30 at the Foreign Links College, Moro, Osun State.
The record of 139 hours 52 minutes and 42 seconds has been held by an Indian professor Arvin Mishra since 2014 and will be broken if Akpan succeeds.
The content to be delivered in the lecture will be “Relationships between Man’s Environment and Health, with emphasis on Environmental Conservation Benefit, especially to Man’s Health.
Dr. Nsikak Akpan, a lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University, hopes it will create awareness of the implications of environmental pollution and contribute positively to the academic community.
Uniquely positioning himself to become the new international benchmark
In this way, Akpan seeks to set new record in marathon lectures and place Nigeria on the world map.
Also, his initiative will not only seek to break records but also to raise awareness on just how important the relationship between sustainable environment and the health of the people is.
Furthermore, “My aim for stand is to make student and the world understand the central role of environmental conservation for human welfare,” Akpan said.
According to Vanguard, If successful, this will be a record and his achievement will put Nigeria on the Guinness World Records Book.
