Daily Trust Sunday

Agbakoba, Nwodo, others for VOR colloquium on restructur­ing

- By Maureen Onochie

Former president of Nigeria Bar Associatio­n (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Mr. John Nwodo and Niger/Delta Activist, Anko Briggs will on Thursday June 28th 2018 speak at a thinktank group, Voice of Reason (VOR) Leadership Series and 1st Colloquium with the theme: Restructur­ing: A Panacea For Justice and Peace of Nigeria: The Imperative for a People’s Constituti­on.

According to a statement jointly signed by the Convener of the Group, Prince Goke Omisore and the Chairman of Media and Publicity Committee of the event, Otunba ‘Deji Osibogun, a copy of which was made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos, the programme will be chaired by Consultant Physician and Endocrinol­ogist and co-founder, Eko Hospitals, Olorogun (Dr.) Sonny Folorunso Kuku.

Other speakers expected at the event scheduled to hold at the Nigerian Institute of Internatio­nal Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos, are the Publisher of Sahara Reporters and presidenti­al aspirant, Omoyele Sowore, social entreprene­ur, Toyosi AkereleOgu­nsiji and Col. Tony Nyiam (Rtd).

Also to speak at the event is the son of former Nigeria Prime Minister, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Dr. Abdul Tafawa Balewa, Internatio­nal Trade and Investment lawyer and activist, Nathasha Akpoti and Secretary-General of the Lower Niger Congress (LNC), Comrade Tony Nnadi.

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