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IBN Chambas, special representative of the United Nations’ Secretary-General for West Africa and Sahel, Alex Cummings, presidential Hopeful, Liberia, Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, and Ibrahim Idris, inspector general of police, to attend Realnews Fourth Anniversary Lecture on Thursday, November 17 at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja
The fourth anniversary lecture of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited which holds in Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, on Thursday, November 17, is parading a galaxy of top diplomats, administrators and security personnel. Chairing this year’s event is Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State.
Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the United Nations’ Secretary General for West Africa and Sahel, and first former president of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is the guest lecturer. The theme of this year’s lecture is: “Security and National Development in A Plural Democratic Society.” To help dissect the lecture note and contribute to the burning issue are eminently qualified personnel such as Boboye Oyeyemi, corps marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC; Alex Cummings, presidential hopeful, Liberia, and Ibrahim Idris, inspector general of Police, Nigeria Police Force, NPF. The lecturer and all the panellists have confirmed their attendance at the event.
The management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited is focusing on the security this year because of the seemingly intractable security issues across the country in recent times. For instance, the latest security threats manifest in the form of Boko Haram insurgency, separatist Independent People of Biafra, Niger Delta militancy and the farmers/herdsmen brouhaha and other sundry criminalities have been a serious cause for concern.
A press statement signed by Maureen Chigbo, publisher/editor of Realnews, stated that as Nigeria seeks its place in a modern interconnected global community, it was becoming evident that security would be one of the major challenges facing, especially considering the fact that it was predicted that the nation could disintegrate in 2015. Although this has failed to happen, the social dynamics that could make the prediction come true are still very much around. With this in mind, one can see that security is one of the factors to focus on in our dream for nationhood.
Besides, Chigbo pointed to the fact that security is an essential ingredient for the national growth, encourage investments and bring about economic prosperity of the country as there would greater employment, poverty reduction, social progress and peace, tranquillity and stability. “In our quest to create a nation state called Nigeria, we believe that security is the most important issue to address in 2016 and this should be done against the background of national development needs in the contest of a plural and democratic society,” Chigbo said.
After the panel discussion and interactive session, there will be an investiture into the prestigious Realnews Hall of Fame, exclusively reserved for only Guest Speakers, Discussants, and Chairpersons at our Anniversary Lecture Series. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, former governor of teh Central Bank of Nigeria, who was the 2015 guest lecturer, and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, chairman of the event, are among the new inductees. “The induction into the Realnews Hall of Fame is just a token of our appreciation for the honour they did to Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited and the priceless role they are going to play in our Fourth Anniversary Lecture,” Chigbo said.
Old members of the Realnews Hall of Fame are Maurice Iwu, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC; Roberts Orya, managing director/chief executive officer of the Nigerian Export Import Bank, NEXIM; Ngozi Anyaegbunam, president, Media World; Benjamin Dikki, director general, Bureau of Public Enterprises and Joe. I. Ezigbo, managing director, Falcon Corporation Limited.
Realnews, a general interest magazine, is an online publication which thrives on investigative journalism debuted November 19, 2012. It focuses on oil and gas sector with its attendant environmental challenges as well as issues relating to business and economy, politics, power, health, women and youth. Its aim is to unearth exclusive stories about real people and the challenges they are facing in their day-to-day activities. It does this bearing in mind that government can only act to influence the lives of people positively if they are aware of their true situation. Hence, its objective is to use its investigative skills to ferret out information in the sectors it focuses on and produce an unbiased report which will actually influence the government and decision makers to take actions that will make the society better.
— Nov 14, 2016 @ 20:30 GMT
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