October 7 (THEWILL) – Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Dr Fatima Maada-Bio, Leading human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and Chairperson, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, have been named as headliners of the maiden edition of the Becky Olodo Centre for Empowerment Annual Lecture, scheduled to hold virtually via zoom on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at 12 noon.
Others listed to also feature in the lecture, which has as theme, The Continent Called Africa: Peace, Prosperity and Enduring Democracy, include the Founder, TEA, Dr Lady Waynett Peters; Chairman, NCAKM, Oluseyi Obadare;, Founder, Helpline Foundation, Dr Junai Ahmadu; and Chair/Founder, Sidi Osho Foundation, Professor Sidi Osho.
The Founder, Becky Olodo Centre for Empowerment, Temitope Olodo, a United Kingdom-based security expert, who is the convener of the annual lecture, said “Africa is a blessed continent with immense human wealth and great potential to excel but post-COVID19 consequences and the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict are some of the major hurdles contributing adversely to the continent’s failure to excel.”
Assuring that the event would be an explosive and interactive conversation to proffer solutions to the problems facing Africa, Olodo said, “We have seasoned speakers scheduled to participate in this event and they include Sierra Leone First Lady, H.E (Dr) Fatima Maada-Bio, Barrister Femi Falana, Dr (Lady) Waynett Peters and host of others.”
