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Dabiri-Erewa, Ooni for OAU Muslim alumni lecture

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SENIOR Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora Affairs, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa, will deliver the 2018 annual national reunion lecture of the Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA) on Saturday, May 5.

A statement by the chairman of the planning committee, Luqman Obileye and Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Buari, stated that the three-day programme would be held at Oduduwa Hall of the university in Ile-Ife, Osun State, from Friday, May 4 to Sunday, May 6, from 10.00 a.m.

The statement said Dabiri-Erewa would speak on the theme of the reunion, “Leveraging the Diaspora: Opportunities for the Nigerian Muslim Ummah,” while the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, is the royal father of the day.

It added that the Executive Director, Jaiz International Bank Plc, Alhaji Abdulfattah Amoo, would chair the occasion on Saturday with the vice chancellor of the university, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, as the host.

According to the statement, the chairman of the Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC), Alhaji Kamor Disu, is the discussant, while the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, will be the special guest of honour.

UNIFEMGA said the uniqueness of this year’s event is the inclusion of a “networking dinner” on Friday, May 4, to be anchored by the chairman, Board of Trustees, National Council of Nigerian Muslim Organisations (NCNMO), United States of America, Alhaji Marshal Sulayman, on the topic “NCNMO Vision 2025 and the Handshake with the Nigerian Muslim Ummah.”

The dinner, it said, would be chaired by Justice Habeeb Adewale Abiru of the Court of Appeal, Jos Division, while the chairman of the Board of Trustees of UNIFEMGA, Alhaji Rafiu Ebiti, is the chief host, at Awo Hall, OAU, Ile-Ife, from 8.00 p.m.

Speaking on the uniqueness of the reunion, UNIFEMGA National President, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odeyimka, said this would be the first time in 30 years that a woman and an alumnus would deliver the reunion lecture and the Ooni would grace the occasion.

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