The League of Anambra Professionals (LAP) says it has set an agenda to take the state to the next level through its forthcoming annual summit with the theme, “One Anambra, One Agenda”
The summit which is expected to hold at the Golden Tulip Agulu Lake, Anaocha LGA, Anambra state, on October 10, 2019, would have the likes of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo to deliver a keynote address titled, “A First World Anambra… The Future We Want.”
Others are former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, a discussant on the topics, “Social Investments, Policies, Projects, and Programmes for a First World Anambra,” while the former Deputy Governor of CBN, Professor Kingsley Moghalu will speak on a topic, ‘Infrastructural Imperatives for a First World Anambra’.
Disclosing this to newsmen in Awka, the LAP Summit Chairman, Chike Nwegbe, said the third discussant and the Dean of Faculty of Law, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Professor Mischack Umenweke will discuss the topic, “Human Rights, Law and Order and Governance in a First World Anambra State.
According to him, Chief Guest of Honour would be Chief Chidi Anyaegbu, the Chairman of Chisco Motors Limited, while the Royal Father of the Day will be Obi Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, of Onitsha.
Nwegbe said governor Obiano would attend the event as the Chief Host, while the elder statesmen from the state and old Eastern Region, former governors of the state and old Eastern Region, present and former national and state assembly members, captains of industry and representatives of major market, youths, women associations from the state would attend.
He said the event would provide an opportunity for elected representatives and political leaders from the state to interact with their constituents and to be accountable to the people of the state in particular and South-east zone in general.