The management of Gbaramatu Voice Newspapers has announced the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and former chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega as keynote speaker/chief host and speaker respectively at its forthcoming fifth-anniversary lecture/award slated for September 29 and 30 2020, at Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
This is according to a statement signed by the publisher of Gbaramatu Voice Newspapers, Jacob Abai.
The conference will deliberate on the theme: ‘Security, Peace and Development in the Niger Delta’ and will centre on critical new research areas as sustainable development goals in the Niger Delta. Its deliberations will address all spectra of analyses.
Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources will be the chairman of the occasion, while Senators Ifeanyi Okowa and Douye Diri, Executive Governors of Delta and Bayelsa States will be special guests of honour.
Other speakers are expected at the Lecture/Award giving event earlier planned for Wednesday, 12th and Thursday, 13th of August 2020, but had to be shifted owing to national/sub-national protocols on COVID-19.
The host of the event is Kingsley Otuaro, Deputy Governor of Delta State.
