Kwara Assembly Speaker to Keynote 2023 NUJ Press Week Finale
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Engineer Yakubu Danladi Salihu, is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at the grand finale of the 2023 Press Week of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Thursday evening.
In a statement signed by the Secretary, 2023 Press Week Committee, Abdulrosheed Okiki, the The climax of the press week activities will be held at the NUJ Press Centre, opposite St. Anthony Secondary School, Offa Road, Ilorin, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
The statement also said that the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Development, Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe, will be the guest speaker at the event.
Engr. Salihu is to speak on the topic “Understanding Legislative/Executive Dichotomy in a Fledging Democracy: The Place of Kwara in a Time Like This,” while the theme for Dr Olohungbebe is “Transformative Community Development: The Roles of the Media.”
The event will also feature the presentation of awards to distinguished Nigerians and cash awards to winners of the NUJ/Plat Technologies Limited Scrabble Tournament held yesterday across chapels.
Among distinguished Nigerians expected at the event are chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Kwara State AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; members of the National Assembly; members of the state legislative and executive arms; senior adviser and counsellor to the governor, Alhaji Saadu Salahu; the chief press secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye; and the senior special assistant to the governor on new media, Fafoluyi Olayinka (Solace).
Also expected at the grand finale or lecture are media executives in the state, captains of industries, and members of academia.
Okiki urged chapel leaders along with their members to turn out en masse to participate in the annual programme, which promises to be educative, informative, entertaining, and impactful.
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