Professor Oyewale Tomori’s is the outgoing president of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences (NAS). In this interview with J.K. OBATALA, the celebrated epidemiologist and environmental health activist gave an overview of academy’s activities at the recent lecture, which held at Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Warri. What did the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) hope to achieve, by holding its Public Lecture in the Niger Delta? Well, the topic was “Petroleum”. So the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE) was naturally the appropriate place—a venue that would give us the right audience. Also, a major role of the Academy is to inform the public and raise the general level of science-awareness and understanding, throughout the country. One of the things we have achieved is enhanced communication, which was demonstrated when we paid a courtesy call on the Ovie of Uvwie. We discussed all the issues…. What kind of feedback did you get? He was qui