President Bola Ahmed TINUBU, former head of state,Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar and Governor of Borno State, professor ZULUM are expected among other Nigerian leaders serving and retired at this year’s Zik’s annual awards lecture.
While the president is slated to be the special guest of honour, Gen Abubakar will be the chairman of the occasion while professor ZULUM will be the keynote speaker.
According to the Director_General of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe Annual Awards Lecture Chief Chineme Onyeke,other notable Nigerians expected at the event which will hold at the conference Hall of Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja on the 16th of November ,2024 are former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon who will serve as the father of the day with most of the Governors, National Assembly members and ministers of the Federal Republic from across the country who will be guests of honour for this year’s event.
Among the Governors expected at this year’s event are His Excellency Professor Babagana U Zulum, Governor of Borno State, the keynote speaker, His Excellency Sim Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodimma, Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Engineer Abdullahi Sule, Governor of Nasarawa State, His Excellency Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, Governor of Enugu State and His Excellency Mohammed Umar Bago, Governor of Niger State, all of whom will be confered with with different categories of Zik’s Awards while Distinguished Senator Dave Umahi, the Hon minister of works, tops the list of ministers and National Assembly members to be honored at the event.
The DG noted that Zik’s annual awards lecture which holds every 16th of November,the birthday of the great Sage has remained a rallying point for Nigerians to X-ray the various issues bedeviling the nation with a view to finding ways to keep fostering unity and common understanding among Nigerians as espoused by the great Zik while alive.
Chief Onyeke hoped that this year’s lecture, the 5th in the series, will help to build a consensus among Nigerians on the need to continuously place the interest of the nation first before self as the great Zik did throughout his lifetime, inviting Nigerians to collectively buy into Zik’s idea of one united Nigeria, perpetual and eternal where though tribe and tongue may differ, brotherhood would remain it’s rock solid foundation.