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Akunyili is Champion Better Society lecturer
Akunyili is Champion Better
Society lecturer
ADEZE OJUKWU
SCHOLAR
and administrator, Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Akunyili is the guest lecturer for this year’s
Champion Better Society Lecture Series which holds at the Bolingo Hotel and
Towers, Abuja on Wednesday, December 15, 2004.
Dr. Akunyili who is the
Director-General of the National Agency for Foods, Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) will be the 6th in the over eight years of the popular lecture
series.
She will speak on The
Challenge of a New Nigeria: Ethics, Leadership and the Primacy of Merit.
The lecture is an annual event
organised by CNL as part of its corporate commitment to the advancement of the
society.
The high profile annual programme
is expected to attract participation from public and private sectors.
Previous editions had held
treatise on critical socio-political and national issues with seasoned
presentations from distinguished Nigerians across the strata.
The maiden lecture on Democracy
as a Model for Economic Development and National Integration was delivered
by former Minister of Information and Culture, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire in 1997,
while the 1998 edition focused on Nigeria: A Rebirth for the 21st Century,
had Prof. Isawa Elaigwu of the Institute of Governance as the lecturer.
The year 2000 edition featured
former Finance Minister, Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu on "Moral & Ethical
Values for the Nascent Dispensation," while former Education Minister
now Senator of the Federal Republic, Prof. Jibril Aminu lectured on Nigeria:
The Challenges of Federalism in 2001.
Managing Director/Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) Nigerian Breweries Plc, Chief Festus Odimegwu lectured on the Imperatives
for Outstanding Corporate Performance within the Nigerian Environment in
2002 in Port Harcourt.
In its 16 years of existence, the
company has systematically packaged the lecture series to address the nation’s
myriad socio-economic and political problems which according to the management
had hindered "attainment of a better society, where equity, peace and
fairness are upheld."
Furthermore, it is in furtherance
of its roles, that the lecture series are galvanised to "provide an
intellectual platform for citizens to deliberate on the various dimensions of
the national question with a view to proffering solutions to the recalcitrant
issues.
The current edition is the first
to be held in Abuja.
Chairman of this year’s organising committee
Mr. Andy Ike-Ezeani who is Champion’s Editorial Board chairman assured
yesterday that the lecture would draw an enthusiastic attention, like most in
the past given Dr. Akunyili’s antecedents.
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