The Executive
Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, will be the keynote speaker at the
public presentation of the book, We Are All Biafrans, by journalist and
rights activist, Chido Onumah, on Friday, December 21, 2018, at Yar'Adua
Centre, Abuja.
The
book, which has a foreword by Atiku Abubakar, former Vice-President of Nigeria
and the Presidential Candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), is a
collection of essays focusing on issues of good governance, democracy,
federalism and nation-building.
Published
by Premium Times Books, the book draws on the debate two years ago by public
intellectuals on the "Nigerian question" and the national conversation
on "true federalism" and the future of Nigeria. The topic for the
book presentation is: "Federalism, Restructuring, and
Nation-building."
Dapo
Olorunyomi, CEO of Premium Times Books, said the idea behind the book was to
put the issue of nation-building and national integration as a bedrock for
development on the front burner of national discourse. According to him, the
public presentation of the book would provide a "national platform to
reflect on the existential crisis in the country and inspire a positive and
fruitful debate."
Other
speakers at the event to be moderated by Patrick O. Okigbo III, Founder/Principal Partner, Nextier, are Dr. Hussaini Abdu, Country
Director, PLAN International, Dr. Sam Amadi, Faculty of Law, Baze University,
Ms. Idayat Hassan, Executive Director, Centre for Democracy and Development,
and Dr. Isaac Osuoka Executive Director, Social Action.
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