Jean Lambert, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), has joined the panel of speakers that would feature Wole Soyinka and Nuhu Ribadu on May 29th at a one-day summit on Nigeria’s “State of the Nation,” to be held at the London Metropolitan University (LMU). The Nigeria Liberty Forum (NLF) organizes the annual event/is organizing the event as a counterweight to the “Democracy Day” normally celebrated by the Nigerian government.
An e-mail from Danny Bates, on behalf of the MEP, says that Ms. Lambert has agreed to participate in the event. Ms. Lambert is one of the UK’s two Green Party members of the Parliament. She has strong interest in social justice and environmental rights issues.
Interest in the event has grown tremendously since the organizers launched a website, www.nigerialibertyforum.org.uk. Due to the growing interest from Nigerians and non-Nigerians in Europe, authorities of LMU have had to seek a larger hall capable of seating 1,000 participants .
A female participant who gave her name as Ebele describes the summit as an opportunity to plan the future of Nigeria. She said she would be traveling from Germany to attend the event, which would start at LMU at 9:00 AM and end at 5:00PM.
In addition to Soyinka and Ribadu, other speakers at the event include Femi Falana, Sola Adeyeye (former member of the House of Representatives), Author Okey Ndibe, Ms. Affiong Affiong, and Saharareporters founder, Omoyele Sowore.
The event promises to be packed with participants from all over Europe and beyond according to sign-up indications at www.nigerialibertyforum.org.uk.
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