African leaders felicitate with Obasanjo on 83rd Birthday as 3 ex African leaders to deliver keynote addresses

Addressing journalists on Monday on the activities lined up for the birthday event of former President Obasanjo, the Director, Centre for Human Security and Dialogue, OOPL, Professor Peter Okebukola, said apart from the keynote addresses, an international policy round-table themed ‘The Asian Aspiration’ will be organised by CHSD, with the support of The Benthurst Foundation.
Okebukola, who noted that the birthday celebrations of Obasanjo since he left office as president in 2007 has been used to a platform to promote development agenda in Africa and the world in general, disclosed that “the round-table discussion will seek to share lessons from Asia’s development for strengthening Africa’s integration and cooperation in the area of socio-economic development”.
He added that the policy round-table scheduled to hold between March 3 and 4, will also witness the formal presentation of a book entitled “The Asian Aspiration” authored by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo and others.
By Laide Raheem