Africa’s first
Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, EbonyLife TV, hosted
young leaders and professionals to an exclusive meeting with Professor
AttahiruJega, Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on
Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the Wheatbaker Hotel, in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The venue brimmed over with invited
guests drawn from a pool of leading young professionals from various
occupational sectors who came to converse with the respected professor about
his experience as Nigeria's most powerful electoral official.
The master of ceremony wasEbuka
Obi-Uchendu, a co-host of the highly rated The Spot
on EbonyLife TV and host of Nigeria's most watched
youth-oriented television show, Rubbin’ Minds.
Nikki Laoye, recording artiste and
project manager at Wahala media entertainment, did a sonorous rendition of the
Nigerian national anthem, to set the stage for what, characteristic of
EbonyLife TV activations, turned out to be an amazing and rewarding event.
Executive Chairman and CEO of
EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu, gave a powerful opening address on the event. With
great introspection, the Queen of Chat welcomed everyone and summarized the
2015 electoral dispensation with passion and magnanimity.
YemiAdamolekun of the Enough is Enough
fame gave a rousing opening remark as the conference kicked into the reading of
Professor AttahiruJega’s highly inspirational citation, followed by a brief
comment by Jega.
The televised event, which then burst
into an exciting gale of questions and answers between Professor Jega and the
guests, reached a crescendo with the presentation of an award to the Professor.
The award celebrated Professor Jega as “a Champion of our collective
aspirations for free, fair and violence-free elections”.
“It is important for young
Nigerians to ask questions; the Nigerian youth were a big part of the last
general elections,” said Mo Abudu, Executive Chairman and CEO of EbonyLife TV.
“We want Nigeria's future leaders to grasp not only the importance of the
elections and its ramifications for the country, but to begin to build
upon it by truly understanding the legacy left by Professor Jega,” she concluded.
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