Distinguished professionals, scholars, diplomats and civil society personalities will converge in Abuja for a seminar that will focus on integrity of elections in Nigeria.
The occasion, on November 17, 2022, will be the 2022 edition of the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship annual seminar.
The Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, will give the Keynote Address at the hybrid event that will hold at Bolingo Hotels.
This year’s edition of the seminar will hold with the theme: “Promoting Electoral Integrity in Nigeria – Prospects and Challenges.”
The event will feature cerebral speakers.
Among these are Festus Okoye, National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission, and Mr. Lawrence Alobi, a retired Commissioner of Police.
Others are Samson Itodo, Executive Director, YIAGA, Africa, and Olusegun Adeniyi, Chairman, Editorial Board, ThisDay Newspapers.
The speakers will discuss various perspectives and requirements in election integrity.
The President of the association, Abosede Oyeleye, said: “The annual treatise is a flagship programme that promotes the ideals of the fellowship, which includes promoting development in societies.”
Oyeleye described the theme as apt and in tandem “with the demand for peace and transparency in the forthcoming general elections”.
The Vice-President of the group and Chairman of the Organising Committee, Andy Ezeani, expressed optimism that “the noble ideals of the international scholarship will be further espoused through the seminar”.
Ezeani, a former Head of Publicity at INEC, explained that the theme and speakers at the seminar were painstakingly selected to add substance and help strengthen Nigeria’s electoral and democratic processes.
In a statement on the background of the programme, Adeze Ojukwu, Public Relations Officer of the association, said the Humphrey Program, offered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, “is an exchange programme for young and mid-career professionals from developing countries and nations undergoing democratic transition.
“The one-year study programme focuses on leadership development, and collaboration with US counterparts.
“The fellowship, which was established to honour the public service career of the late Senator and Vice President, Hubert H. Humphrey, began in 1978.”
Over 200 guests are expected at this year’s seminar.
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