A former President of Ghana, John Mahama, will chair the annual Obafemi Awolowo Posthumous Birthday Lecture, while a former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, will be the special guest of honour as part of events to mark the 30th anniversary of the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director of the foundation, Ambassador O. Awolowo-Dosumu, on Saturday.
According to the statement, the lecture titled, ‘Values for Africa’s Development’, will be delivered by a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ajayi Crowther University, Rev Adedapo Alaju, while the event will be anchored by Prof Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Industrialisation (AfDB), and professorial fellow of the United Nations University.
The foundation said the event would hold via Zoom on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at 6pm (Nigerian time), while other events in connection with the 30th anniversary would be unveiled in due course.
Awolowo-Dosumu said the foundation had, over the years, guarded its independence, non-partisanship and commitment to the promotion of a “socially-edifying interaction between policy and scholarship, most jealously.”
She stated, “The foundation has sought to actualise its mission-mandate through various outreach programmes, including but not limited to lectures, dialogues, executive leadership seminars, symposia and, more recently, Awo Conversations, designed to provide suitable fora for rational discussion of the ‘great issues of the day,’ to continue to build upon the ideals that inspired the public and patriotic activities of Chief Awolowo.
“The proceedings and recommendations of most of these programmes are available as publications on our website, www.obafemiawolowofoundation.org. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the foundation.
“Consequently, several activities are planned to mark this important milestone. Our aim is to use these events to review our journey so far in terms of faithfulness to our mission and desired impact, and to reflect on our present realities to appropriately prepare for the journey ahead.”
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