Initiators of the Ọbafemi Awolowo Foundation has started arrangements to mark its 30th anniversary, with a Posthumous Birthday Lecture in honour of the late political icon.
A press statement signed by the Foundation’s Executive Director, Ambassador, Dr O. Awolọwọ Dosumu, disclosed that the milestone event is aimed at reviewing the body’s journey so far, “in terms of faithfulness to our mission and desired impact, and to reflect on our present realities in order to appropriately prepare for the journey ahead”.
The anniversary Lecture will be chaired by His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama, a former President of the Republic of Ghana, while the Special Guest of Honour will be His Excellency, General Yakubu Gowon, a former Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
While the lecture is titled, ‘Values for Africa’s Development’, it will be delivered by Rt. Rev. (Professor) Adedapo Aṣaju, scholar and former Vice Chancellor, Ajayi Crowther University.
The event which will hold Sunday, March 6, 2022 is expected to be anchored by Professor Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Industrialisation (AfDB), and Professorial Fellow, United Nations University.
The virtual lecture will be hosted via zoom by 6.00pm (Nigeria time), with the Meeting ID: 851 0178 9100; Passcode: 942711.
Other events in connection with the incoming 30th anniversary the statement indicated will be unveiled in due course.
Recall that Yeye Oodua HID Awolọwọ, CON, led a host of family, political associates, friends, supporters and admirers of the late sage to the Liberty Stadium, (now Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ Stadium) in Ibadan, on Saturday 11th April, 1992, where the Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ Foundation was launched at an impressive ceremony by then President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida, GCFR.
The Foundation has since 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’, in order to continue to build upon the ideals that inspired the public and patriotic activities of late Chief Awolọwọ.
The proceedings and recommendations of most of these programmes are available as publications and/or on the Foundation’s website,www.obafemiawolowofoundation.org
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