National Dialogue on the Future of Nigeria in Honour of Prof Ben Nwabueze
Dear Compatriots,
Last month, we buried Prof Ben Nwabueze, SAN CON, an outstanding scholar and iconic patriot. Please allow me to use this medium to personally and on behalf of his family and our group of Eminent National Leaders of Thought, known as the Patriots, led by our beloved Ben Nwabueze till his last days on earth, thank all those individuals and groups across the world that have contributed and participated to making his sending home a successful series of events.
As the current chairman of group of Eminent National Leaders of Thought, known as the Patriots, I am honoured to announce and to invite you all to a National Colloquium to be held in honour of the late Prof Ben Nwabueze.
The National Dialogue is organised by the Patriots and it is slated to hold on Monday, 18th March 2024 to coincide with the 10 years anniversary of the last National Conference of Nigeria inaugurated on 17th March, 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR
The theme for this historic National Colloquium in honour of Prof Ben Nwabueze is “Lawful Procedures For Actualising a People’s Constitution for Nigeria” and Participants and Speakers at the event will include national leaders of thoughts from all parts of the country, statesmen, scholars, legal experts, allies of the Patriots and friends of Nigeria
The event will take place at the National Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday 18th March 2025. We start at 10am prompt.
We shall be glad to have you around. Please note that we shall expect all participants and guests to be seated by 9:45 am.
To enable organisers better manage the event, kindly fill out the form below to confirm your participation. Thank you for your time we look forward to having you with us at the National Dialogue in Lagos.
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The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs was established in 1961, with the aim of providing a nursery of ideas on what direction Nigeria should take on international affairs. Since inception, the Institute has been organising Conferences, Roundtables and Lectures. These are aimed at addressing current foreign policy issues and anticipating others still on the horizon.
The Institute is a specialized instrument of foreign policy formulation in Nigeria. It serves as an intellectual base upon which decision-makers rely for informed opinion and expert advice in order to make rational choices between contending policy options.
The administration of the Institute is organized at two levels:
The Governing Council, which comprises eminent Nigerians from the academia. The Management Committee is chaired by the Director-General with the Directors of Research, Library, Special Duties and Administration as members. There are four statutory departments: Directorate, Research and Studies, Library and Documentation and Administration and Finance.
