Fashola to speak on Nigeria’s democracy at TheNiche’s annual lecture on Thursday

Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, will speak at TheNiche newspaper’s annual lecture on Thursday.

Fashola will be discussing Nigeria’s democracy and its challenges at the event that is scheduled to be held at Agip Recital Hall of the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) Centre, Onikan, Lagos state.

The annual lecture is aimed at proffering solutions to some of Nigeria’s most daunting problems, Ikechukwu Amaechi, editor-in-chief of TheNiche, said in a statement on Tuesday.

Amaechi said Tanko Yakasai, a first republic politician, would chair the event.

“The choice of both the lecturer and chairman was a product of painstaking deliberations,” he said.

“Besides the two tested democracy giants, a panel of five discussants drawn from the academia, media, civil society, political class and the INEC will interrogate Fashola’s lecture in real time.”

Dakuku Peterside, former director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Victor Chukwuma, a professor of physics, and Martins Oloja, managing director and editor-in-chief of The Guardian newspaper, are among the panelists.

“The discussions would be moderated by erudite scholar, Mr. Anthony Kila, experienced lecturer and public speaker, Jean Monnet professor of Strategy and Development, Director at the Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS),” he said.

“This year’s lecture will be the third in the series which started in 2018 with Prof. Kingsley Moghalu speaking on ‘Development reporting and hysteria journalism in Nigeria’.”