Joe Odumakin & Helen Odeleye. |
Famed
Change Agent, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, will chair the 7th News
Express Anniversary Lecture holding this Thursday, November 14, 2019 at the
Main Hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos.
“We
couldn’t have possibly made a better choice than Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin
considering her pedigree as a change agent and the theme of the Lecture, which
is focused on generating creative ideas to take Nigeria out of the woods,” ,”
News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna said Monday in a statement.
He
described, Dr. Okei-Odumakin, who is the president of the rights groups Women
Arise for Change Initiative and the Campaign for Democracy, as one of the most
awarded Nigerians alive.
“Dr.
Joe, as she is fondly called, is a Change Agent who has frequently been
arrested for her activism, and was detained 17 times during the Ibrahim
Babangida military era. She has been involved with over 2,000 cases where a
woman's rights had been disregarded.
In
2013, Dr. Joe was presented an International Women of Courage Award from the
United States Department of State. The award was presented to her by the First
Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry at the US State
Department’s Dean Acheson Auditorium in celebration of International Women’s
Day,” Umunna said.
He
announced Helen Odeleye, a veteran broadcast and immediate past General Manager
of NTA Channel 10 Lagos, as Host of the Lecture.
Umunna
said that former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, will
headline the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture as the Special Guest of
Honour and Guest Speaker at
He
announced the keynote speakers to include Eminent Lawyer and celebrated Activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN; and
Legal cum Development Expert, Barrister Bashir Maidugu, a former National Legal
Adviser of PDP.
“As
was the case with previous years’ editions, the 7th News Express Anniversary
Lecture will attract top government functionaries, industry and religious
leaders, professional groups and diverse sectorial leaders, among others. It is
a spectacular programme that commands public attention with organisers creating
hype pre-event, during and post events both in the traditional and new media.
It will also be streamed live to a global audience and broadcast on News
Express Digital TV,” Umunna said.
The
statement identified past speakers at the News Express Anniversary Lecture to
include Special Adviser To The President On Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi
Adesina; Governor Sani Bello of Niger State, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)
Managing Director Hadiza Bala Usman; and ‘Africa’s Bill Gates’, Mr. Leo Stan
Ekeh, Chairman of Zinox Technologies Ltd and Konga.
News Express, which debuted on August 29, 2012, is one of Nigeria’s most popular and
influential online dailies. It is read by hundreds of thousands of people
around the world and records annual traffic of upwards of 100 million.
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