Eminent Nigerians including the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar; Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and public affairs commentator, Mr Odia Ofeimun, are guests at this year’s virtual Obafemi Awolowo Lecture.
This year’s lecture, in memory of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, entitled “Whither Nigeria,” will hold as a webinar on Saturday, March 6, 20201, the birthday of the sage, at 6:00 p.m. (West African Time).
While Professor Soyinka will be the chairman of the event, Chief Anyaoku will be the Special Guest of Honour with the Sultan of Sokoto as the Royal Father of the event. Mr Ofeimun will be the Guest Speaker.
Meanwhile, the Executive Director, Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, has described true federalism as the only option that could prevent Nigeria from sinking into a deeper crisis.
Dr Tokunbo, who said this, at a virtual interview programme, titled, ‘ A Conversation with Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu,’, expressed the belief that only true federalism could bring back the waning confidence of many Nigerians in the country’s leadership and how the country’s affairs were being run.
She expressed regrets that despite the abundant human and natural resources in every part of the country, her different ethnic groups were yet to arrive at a consensus on how those resources should be administered.