Several months after his failed bid to return to the National Assembly, by transitioning from a member of the House of Representatives to the Senate on the platform of Accord Party, where he defected to from the All Progressives Congress, APC businessman and club owner, Shina Peller has been given a soft landing.
The son of late famous magician, Professor Moshood Abiola Peller, has been named a member of the organising committee for the proposed Nigeria–Benin Investment Summit. The summit will be held in Cotonou, the capital city of Benin Republic. Peller’s new role requires him to coordinate and bring in businessmen and women from Nigeria to attend the event. The summit will provide a unique opportunity for researchers, policy makers and development practitioners from Nigeria, Benin republic and other parts of Africa, to debate development and the policies required to eradicate poverty in the context of the Post 2015 Africa Developmental Agenda in particular with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The former House of Representatives member disclosed that he met with the Beninois Minister of Trade and Commerce, Madame Shadiya Alimatou Assouman, on the Summit during the country’s recent 63rd Independence Anniversary where President Bola Tinubu, was a Special Guest of Honour.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
