Christopher Odamah Warri
The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Olorogun Williams Makinde will on Wednesday, April 24 2019 deliver the 1st Maris Annual Lecture.
In a press statement signed by Chief Kenneth Olise and Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, Chairman and Secretary respectively of Maris Trust Council, the organisers of the annual lecture, Chief Makinde will speak on the topic, “MANAGING POST-ELECTION CHALLENGES: Nigeria As Case Study”.
The statement read thus “The 2019 general elections are over and to calm frayed nerves, and engender a peaceful environment ahead of the inauguration of new government on May 29, 2019, it was resolved that Chief Williams Makinde, the Managing Director of DESOPADEC deliver Maris First Annual Lecture.”
“Chief Makinde will speak on the topic, MANAGING POST-ELECTION CHALLENGES: Nigeria As Case Study on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The lecture will take place at Orchid Hotels, Asaba, Delta State at 12 noon,” the statement added.
According to the statement, “Notable politicians across the political divides, people from the academic community, members of the Nigerian Bar Association, Nigerian Union of Journalists, the organised private sector, security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), among others, are expected to attend the lecture which will have the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa as Chief Guest of Honour”.
Also at the lecture, a retired top management staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Chief (Sir) Nicholas Onyeogali Chizea as Chairman of the occasion and Chairman, Delta State House of Assembly Service Commission, Chief (Mrs) Josephine Ada Kachikwu will be the Mother of the Day while Very Rev. Fr. John Konyeke as the Spiritual Father of the day.
Meanwhile in an earlier promotional material tagged, “The Gathering,” it was disclosed that the lecture will be a gathering “of all those who contested in the primary elections ahead of the 2019 general elections, all those who emerged as candidates for the last general elections, all those who won in the elections, all those who lost in the elections, a gathering of those who are interested in contesting for elective positions in the future, a gathering of those who are interested in the affairs of Delta State and Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies, and a gathering of those who believe in stable polity.
