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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here         Daily Independent Online.         * Thursday, July 08, 2004. NADECO chieftains for Soyinka Lecture By Bolaji Adepegba, Senior Correspondent, Lagos The annual Wole Soyinka Commemorative Lecture  organised by the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) on the birthday of the Nobel laureate will be delivered by former stalwart of the defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu. The lecture, which is the sixth in the series, will hold on Tuesday  July 13, 2004 at  the Agip Hall of the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos under the chairmanship of another NADECO chieftain and former military chief, Lt Gen. Alani Akinrinade. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Banjo will be guests of honour. At a pre-event briefing held by NAS in Lagos, former National Capon of NAS, Mr. Ben Oguntuase said that the choice of the NADECO chieftain and military officers for this year’s event was a pure coincidence and not in any way an endorsement of the class they represent. “We look at the people and deal with them based on their personal quality. The choice of Admiral Kanu and General Akinrinade is in no way an endorsement of either the military as a class or NADECO,” he said. In a statement presented by a NAS member and General Manager,  Afribank, Mr. Henry Semitari, this year’s lecture, which incidentally coincides with Soyinka’s 70th birthday, is a further confirmation of the stand of the association’s determination to continue to contribute to the positive development of Nigeria. He cited how NAS’ Soyinka Commemorative Lectures have over the years treated themes that addressed the need to re-engineer the Nigerian national social order as it impacts on the diversity of Nigeria. These lectures, some of which were  delivered by Chief Rotimi Williams (SAN) in 2001 and Prof. Esko Toyo, have over the years gathered Nigerians of noble standing to publicly bring their wealth of knowledge to bear on the attainment of an egalitarian society which NAS has advocated in its 5    2 years of existence.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.dailyindependentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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