As part of the activities to mark 45th birthday of Hon. Shina Peller, a member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/
The symposium, with the theme: “National Security and Peace: Role of Government, Citizens and Institutions,” is a public discourse for sustainable solutions to myriads of security challenges facing Nigeria.
Prof. Isaac Olawale Albert will deliver a keynote lecture on the topic: “Four-Dimensional Framework for Building Peace and Security in Nigeria,” while Hon. Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker, House of Representatives, will deliver a speech on: “Youth and Women in Building Peace, Democracy and Social Change in Africa.”
There will be a panel session with the likes of Dr. Nathaniel Danjibo, President of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice; Chief Tunji Alapini, retired Assistant Inspector General of Police; and Prof Temisaren Ebijuwa, General Studies Department, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso.
Other would-be panelists are Dr. Gbemisola Animashaun of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Kwara State; Babajide Kolade-Otitoloju of Television Continental; Dennis Amachree, Zoomlens Security Solutions; and retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are, former Director General of Nigeria’s Department of State Services and former National Security Adviser.
The symposium promises to be the largest national security and peace dialogue that is bringing together security experts, community leaders and traditional leaders, as well as governors from different states of the federation.
Hon. Peller, the Ayedero of Yorubaland, Akinrogun of Epeland, Mayegun of Igbobi-Sabe and Aare Gbobaniyi of Iseyin, born on May 14, 1976, holds a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from LAUTECH and a Master’s degree in Business Administration.