The book details Professor Akere's immense contributions to the development of English Language in Nigeria, his mentorship and production of many professors and erudite scholars of the English Language in Nigerian universities. It also conveys his contributions to the development of university education in Nigeria in his capacity as a former Vice-Chancellor, Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of a Governing Council. It is also the story of values communal and family that signposts an accomplished son of Igbobini and Apoiland, who is a role model to young persons who are struggling to make it in life.