The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas are among the dignitaries expected at the public presentation of a book, “Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria”, written by Omoniyi Ibietan, the head of media relations at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday, July 25.
A statement by the publisher, Premium Times Books Wednesday disclosed that While Akpabio will serve as the special guest of honour at the event, Abbas will attend the ceremony as the guest of honour.
It said thea former Minister of Information and Communication and Enugu state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the last elections Frank Nweke Jr. will chair the event.
According to the statement, other dignitaries expected at the event are the immediate past Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (retd); the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman; the founder of Agora Policy Think Tank and former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Waziri Adio; the Executive Director, Centre for Democracy and Development, Idayat Hassan; the Chief Executive Officer, Premium Times Group, Dapo Olorunyomi; the Deputy Dean, School of Postgraduate School, Baze University, Prof Abiodun Adeniyi; and the Executive Director, CARE International, Dr Hussaini Abdu.
It said Umar Danbatta, a professor and executive vice chairman and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, where the author works, will present the book to the public while editor-in-chief of Leadership Newspaper Azubuike Ishiekwene will review the 460-page book, spread over 12 chapters.
