The FIRST CHRONICLE ROUNDTABLE organized by 21st Century Media Services, publishers of 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE, holds today at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja, from 10am.
Theme of the Roundtable is “Going for Broke: Fighting Insecurity in Nigeria.”
According to a statement signed by the online newspaper’s Editor- in- Chief Malam Mahmud Jega, one paper will be delivered in the morning and two papers at the afternoon sessions of the Rountable.
At the morning session, to be chaired by former Borno State Governor Senator Kashim Shettima, Chief of Defence Staff General LEO Irabor will speak on “Armed Forces and The War Against Insecurity in Nigeria.”
Major Gen Chris Olukolade (rtd), former Director, Defence Information and Dr. Mairo Mandara of Children’s Investment Fund Foundation will discuss the Chief of Defence Staff’s paper.
The statement said the afternoon session from 2pm, will be chaired by Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.
Prof Jibrin Ibrahim of Centre for Democracy and Development [CDD], Abuja will speak on “Reducing Tension as Election Year Approaches,” while veteran newspaper editor and publisher Mr. Dan Agbese of MayFive Media, Lagos will speak on “Media and Peace Building in Ngeria.”
Prof Mohammed Kuna of INEC and Prof Jideofor Adibe of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, will discuss Prof Ibrahim’s paper; while Hajia Zainab Okino of Blueprint Newspapers will discuss Mr. Agbese’s paper.
His Royal Highness the Sarkin Zazzau Suleja, Malam Muhammadu Awwal Ibrahim, is the Royal Father of the Day.
The statement also said the Rountable, the first in a series, is part of 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE’s contribution to the search for peace and tranquility in Nigeria, describing it as “a necessary condition for socio-economic and political progress.”
It said government and security officials, businessmen, diplomats, civil society groups and the media have all been invited and that invitation to the event is open to all.
