Izuchukwu OkosiPBA says Zoom and Facebook links for the October 30 (7 pm) governorship debate are:
https://tinyurl.com/PBASpecial (zoom) and (Facebook)
https://tinyurl.com/PBA-SPECIAL-FB
PRIME BUSINESS AFRICA is holding a special edition of its Socio-economic and Entrepreneurship Development Series (SEEDS Special) and will be bringing major candidates to the podium to discuss security and economic issues in Anambra as the state prepares for the November 6 governorship election.
SEEDS is a monthly webinar organised by Prime Business Africa to provide insights on resolving major economic, political, security, technological and financial challenges in Africa and the rest of the world.
The last edition of the programme was held on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, with the theme: COVID-19: Business and Economic Recovery in Africa with former Director-General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Muda Yusuf, as Keynote speaker.
As the people of Anambra elect a new governor on November 6, it has become imperative to bring the governorship candidates together and address relevant socio-economic issues as candidates defend their unique plans for peace, security and prosperity, especially in view of the rising political tension in Anambra State.
The Southeast has, in recent months, experienced flashes of unrest as separatist movements threatened to disrupt the elections and continue to protest the arrest of IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Prime Business Africa is hereby inviting you to join this debate that will be live on ZOOM at 7 pm West African time.
Eight governorship candidates were contacted to take part in the two-hour interactive debate scheduled to begin at 7 pm on Saturday, October 30.
They include Chief Ben Etiaba of the Action Alliance (AA); Chief Akachukwu Nwakpo of the ADC; Senator Andy Uba – APC; Professor Chukwuma Soludo – APGA; Dr Valentine Ozigbo of the PDP and Dr Obinna Uzoh of the SDP.
Others are Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, YPP; and Dr Obiora Okonkwo, the Governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
The debate, which is being hosted by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Newstide Publications and Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Prime Business Africa, Dr Marcel Mbamalu, will be anchored by Dr Okey Ikechukwu, mni, a senior fellow of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Business School.
Dr Ikechukwu is a Public Communications and Business Strategy consultant, a Life coach and a public speaker of immense repute.
Dr Ikechukwu was Head of Communications, Federal Ministry of Education between August 2006 and July 2007 and has served in the editorial boards of some of Nigeria’s leading news publications. He was also a Special Assistant in the Federal Ministry of Transport, and Chief of Staff in the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture between September 2003 and April 2005.
Joining Dr Ikechukwu to anchor the debate on Saturday is Prof. Nduka Otiono, a writer, Associate Professor of African Studies and English, and Graduate Program Supervisor at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University.
Prof. Otiono is the author and co-editor of several books of creative writing and academic research. Prior to turning to the academia, he was, for many years, a journalist in Nigeria, General Secretary of Association of Nigerian Authors, founding member of the Nigerian chapter of UNESCO’s Committee on Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage, and founding member of the Board of the $100,000 annual Nigerian Prize for Literature.
His works have appeared in Journal of Folklore Research; African Literature Today; Canadian Journal of African Studies; Canadian Review of Comparative Literature; Journal of African Cinema; Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies, Postcolonial Text, Wasafiri, etc.
His recent books include the co-edited volumes: Oral Literary Performance in Africa: Beyond Text (Routledge 2021); Polyvocal Bob Dylan: Music, Performance, Literature (Palgrave 2019) and Wreaths for a Wayfarer: An Anthology of Poems in Honour of Pius Adesanmi (Daraja Press Canada & Narrative Landscape 2020). His other published co-edited volumes are Camouflage: The Best of Contemporary Nigerian Writing (Treasure Books 2006), and We-Men: An Anthology of Men Writing on Women (Oracle Books 1998).
His single-author creative writing publications include The Night Hides with a Knife (short stories), joint winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA)/Spectrum Prize for Fiction; Voices in the Rainbow (Poetry), a finalist for the ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize; Love in a Time of Nightmares (Poetry) for which he was awarded the James Patrick Folinsbee Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing.
His professional honours include a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, Capital Educator’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Early Career Award for Research Excellence, Carnegie Africa Diaspora Fellowship, and Black History Ottawa Community Builder Award. He is also the Principal Investigator for a Queen Elizabeth II Advanced Scholars West Africa grant and Vice President of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS).
His latest book, DisPlace: The Poetry of Prof.Nduka Otiono, is due to be released in October 2021 by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Canada.
Prime Business Africa says the Zoom and Facebook links for the November 30 governorship debate are:
https://tinyurl.com/PBASpecial (zoom) and
https://tinyurl.com/PBA-SPECIAL-FB
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
We hope to hear what they have gor Ndi Anambra, come November 6th 2021
We hope to hear what they have gor Ndi Anambra.