A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, is set to join other prominent Nigerians, including a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Charles Soludo, and Pastor Tunde Bakare, to discuss the state of politics in Nigeria, at the public launch of #FixPolitics, ahead of the 2023 general elections,
Other notable Speakers expected at the event scheduled for Wednesday, November 11, 2020, include Aisha Yesufu, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Jude Abaga (popularly known as M. I. Abaga), Cynthia Mbamalu, Yemi Adamolekun, Samson Itodo, among others.
Mr. Felipe Calderon and Dr. Joyce Banda, former Presidents of Mexico and Malawi, respectively, have confirmed their participation. Calderon will deliver the keynote speech, while Prof. Remi Sonaiya, a former Presidential Candidate, will give the welcome address.
According to the Organisers of #FixPolitics, which is the brain child of a former Presidential Candidate, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, Prof. Soludo, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Fakhrriyah Hashim, and Adamolekun, would deliver papers during the first Panel session of the day, titled: “Is there an Emerging Consensus to Fix Politics?”, which has Dr. Jibo Ibrahim as the Moderator.
While Dike Chukwumerije is expected to render the Spoken Word on #FixPolitics, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed will be joined by Aboyeji and Mbamalu, to discuss “Emerging a New Value-Based Political Class”. Dr. Amina Salihu will serve as the Moderator.
Jega, Itodo, and Ayo Sogunro, will take the podium as Discussants on “Mobilising a Citizens-led Constitutional, Political and Electoral Reforms, ahead of 2023”, while Idayat Hassan will moderate.
In the concept note endorsed by 120 Work Study Group members of #FixPolitics, the event will be live-streamed via Facebook at Fix Politics NG, and on other social media channels of the group. Participants are to register via the link: bit.ly/fixpoliticsNG.
Details on the concept note also showed that the event will feature a documentary on “The Journey to #FixPolitics”, as well as another Panel session on “Emerging an Empowered and Engaged Electorate”, which would be rationalised by Ndi Kato, Adewunmi Emoruwa, and Dr. Usman Bugaje. Chioma Agwuegbo will moderate the session.
In a statement through her Publicist and Spokesperson, Mr. Ozioma Ubabukoh, Dr. Ezekwesili said that the mission of the group is to elevate the office of the citizens to their rightful place in Nigeria, and develop a political class of Servant Leaders.
Her words: “The Work Study Group aims at using the public launch of #FixPolitics to inform Nigerians about the research outcomes, and stimulate public conversations and unleash ideas that will help emerge an empowered and engaged electorate, produce a new value-based political class, and mobilise a compelling public campaign for constitutional, political, and electoral reforms.
“The overarching objective of the public launch event is to provide opportunity for a ‘Call-to-Action’, to a wider audience of citizens to join the Work Study Group members of #FixPolitics, in crystallising the most effective collection action programme that can transform Nigeria’s politics.
“Such launch of activities that will over the years and decades, consciously and systematically mobilise citizens across multiple divides of the Nigerian society to take responsibility, and collectively course-correct their struggling democracy, is the ultimate mission of #FixPolitics.”
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