Peter Obi, Adegboruwa & Maidugu. |
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, the organisers said in a statement issued on
Sunday in Lagos.
“We
are pleased to announce His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi, as the Special Guest of
Honour and Guest Speaker at the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture holding on
Thursday, November 14, 2019 at the Main Hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers,
Ikeja, Lagos.
“A
man of great ideas and a globally sought-after speaker, Mr. Obi will lead the
array of experts who will tackle the Lecture theme, “Getting Nigeria Out of the
Woods – A New Thinking”, from various perspectives,” News Express Publisher
Isaac Umunna said in the statement.
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.
“We
are grateful to these distinguished men of ideas for accepting to dissect
Nigeria’s economic cum developmental challenges and propose the way out, during
the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture,” Umunna said.
He
further said: “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.”
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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