Mojeed Alabi
The Lagos chapter of the Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, (AANI) is set to hold an inaugural lecture in March.
The event will feature an array of top politicians, academics and other stakeholders in the nation’s political system including former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Chief Justice of the Federation, Hon. Justice Aloma Mukhtar, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio.
The lecture, which will be chaired by Obasanjo and scheduled to hold on Tuesday, March 11, is entitled; Building Credible Electoral Process for Democratic Sustainability,” and will hold at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Renowned constitutional lawyer Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, is expected as the lead speaker, while other eminent Nigerians like the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega; Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and Mr. Fola Adeola, are among the discussants at the event.
AANI was formed in response to the need for government and the Nigerian society to constantly tap from the rich mix of high-level manpower nurtured at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. The institute was established in 1979 as Nigeria’s foremost policy think-tank with the primary objective of developing a crop of top-class technocrats of high intellectual capacity, who will conceptualise and anchor the implementation of innovative and dynamic policy initiatives and strategies critical for national development.
According to the chairman of AANI, Lagos, Mr. Victor Banjo, “Due to the general public concern AANI feels duty-bound to work with other Nigerians to draw attention to the issues and create a forum for public discourse which should lead to solutions borne out of our collective experience and desire.”
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