High profile Nigerians, including former President Goodluck Jonathan; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume; Senators Anyim Pius Anyim and David Mark, former Presidents of the Senate, and Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, would attend the public presentation of Senator Chris Anyanwu’s autobiography, ‘Bold Leap.’
The event, billed to hold at the National Universities Commission’s main auditorium in Abuja on Monday, December 2, will be chaired by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
It will be hosted by the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, while his Abia State counterpart, Dr Alex Otti, will be the co-host. The book will be reviewed by former presidential media adviser and chairman of the Editorial Board of THISDAY, Mr Segun Adeniyi with Sir Emeka Offor as the chief presenter.
The ceremony will feature a panel discussion on the theme, ‘How do we fix Nigeria: System, structure, institutions or leadership?’
The discussion, which will be moderated by Prof Udenta O. Udenta, distinguished fellow at the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, will have Senator Bala Mohammed, Bauchi State Governor; Dr Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, former Senate Minority Leader and Annkio Briggs, an environmentalist and human rights activist, as panellists.
Chairman of the planning committee, Chief Charles Anyiam-Osigwe, said in a statement, yesterday, that the event would go beyond mere book presentation, assuring that it will afford Nigerians another opportunity to address the lingering ‘national question.’