Governors Hope Uzodinma (Imo State), Douye Diri (Bayelsa), former governor of Ogun State, Senator Gbenga Daniel and former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, are among dignitaries that will grace the fifth annual lecture of Freedom Online.
Other prominent personalities expected at the event are Chief Tola Adeniyi, a former Managing Director of Daily Times; Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams; a former Police Affairs Minister, Navy Captain Omoniyi Olubolade (rtd); and a distinguished scholar, Professor Akin Onigbinde.
Also expected at the Freedom Online lecture, with the theme, “2023-2027: Nigerians, elected leaders and expectations”, are officials from the Presidency, among others.
The Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of Freedom Online newspapers, Mr Gabriel Akinadewo, stated this in a release, adding that it will hold at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on 18 July.
The Freedom Online fifth annual lecture would hold under the chairmanship of the former Ogun State governor
Governors Uzodinma and Diri are the Special Guest Speaker and Special Keynote Speaker, respectively, while the former PDP deputy national chairman is the Special Guest of Honour.
President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Mr. Eze Anaba, and President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Maureen Chigbo, are Chief Hosts.
Akinadewo said the lecture is an annual event “that brings together captains of industry, media chiefs, politicians and professionals to reflect on national issues and propose objective course of action.
“At the Freedom Online yearly lecture, we have always been forthright on matters of Nigeria’s progress and future.
“Since the first edition of our annual lecture, we have been inspired by the commitment of our guests and Nigerians in the quest for a better country through advocacy.
“We believe that, this time around, the same zeal will be deployed to ensuring that Nigeria takes its rightful place in the comity of nations.
“Since the ‘change of guard’ at the federal level and in some states on May 29, Nigerians have been yearning for a positive change.
“Various speakers will use the platform to ventilate their plans for the people, from federal to state and council levels”.
