Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole
Soyinka, a former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; the Co-Chairman of
the Nigerian Intervention Movement, Dr. Jhalil Tafawa-Balewa, are among the
personalities expected to attend a summit in Abuja on Wednesday.
Spokesman for the NIM, Mallam
Naseer Kura, said in a statement on Sunday that like-minded persons like legal
luminary, Prof. Ben Nwabueze (SAN), renowned political economist, Prof. Pat
Utomi, and a former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, would also
grace the event.
The Co-Chairman of the NIM, Dr.
Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), who is a former President of the Nigerian Bar
Association, as well as the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba
Waba, and the lawmaker representing Kaduna-Central senatorial district, Senator
Shehu Sani, are also listed as attendees.
According to the statement, the
summit is designed to bring together both old and new generation of political
leaders in Nigeria, for the first time, towards “finding an appropriate political
road map for Nigeria’s troubled democracy, while facilitating a grand political
coalition of fresh breed of political leaders ahead of the 2019 elections.”
Others expected at the event are
a former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma; elder statesman, Chief Edwin
Clark, ex-Finance Minister, Adamu Ciroma, a former Minister of State for
Defence, Dr. Olu Agunloye, and Col. Abubarkar Dangiwa (retd.)
The immediate past Chairman of
the Northern Elders Forum, Chief Paul Unongo, and Air Cdre Dan Suleiman (retd.),
are also listed as personalities to “address Nigeria’s past, in order to
provide a veritable political compass for emerging fresh breed of leaders in
navigating the future for the country.”
According to NIM, the summit
promises to be a very fertile ground to breed national understanding and
reconciliation.
Three presidential aspirants, Mr.
Fela Durotoye, Mr. Kingsley Moghalu and Omoyele Sowore, who is also the
publisher of Sahara Reporters, are
expected to share their views on inclusive democratic review of the Nigerian
constitution, referendum, equitable political structure for Nigeria, popular
democratic system of government suitable for the country, 2019 general
elections and the options for masses, among others.
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