Rotary International, District 9110, which covers Lagos and Ogun States, has concluded plans to host the 2020 World Peace and Understanding Day ceremony in commemoration of the organisation’s 115th anniversary.
According to Rtn. Jide Akeredolu, district governor, the event, scheduled for Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, Tuesday, 25th February, 2020, with the theme, ‘Promoting World Peace and Understanding through Food Security’, will have Bismarck Rewane, a renowned financial expert, as keynote speaker.
Discussants include, Biodun Adedipe, chief consultant, Adedipe Associate Limited; Mezuo Nwuneli, managing partner, Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers Limited; Aliyu Samaila, director, Agribusiness Feed the Future Nigeria, and Navy Commodore Daniel Atakpa, blue economy expert.
According to Rtn. Larry Agose, chairman, Organsing Committee, the ceremony will be chaired by Olumide Phillips, chairman, Board of Governors, Dowen College, while Tunji Funsho, chairman, Nigeria National Polioplus Committee, will be the special guest of honour.
Agose further said that the ceremony was aimed at discussing the different aspects of the agribusiness sector with a view to highlighting strategies that will be beneficial to governments and help them attain food security.
“We want to showcase how governments can impact society through proper exploitation of the agriculture industry; it will be an intellectually-engaging ceremony,” he said.
Amaka Anagor-Ewuzie
