The Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN will today in New York, United States of America deliver a public lecture titled “Decline of Corruption in Africa: The Approach of President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria.”
The annual public lecture was organised by the Center for Media and Peace Initiatives (CMPI), a New York-based media and policy think tank in special consultative status with the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council an affiliated of Rutgers University’s School of Public Affairs and Administration.
The Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, disclosed this in a press statement Monday in Abuja.
He said: “The schedule of the program indicated that Malami would deliver the 2021 CMPI’s Public Lecture by 1:00pm ( 7pm in Nigeria) today.”
The Minister of Justice who is at the forefront in the Nigeria’s fight against corruption was expected “to highlight and enumerate the Buhari-led Federal Government anti-corruption measures and success strategies that resulted into the declining of corruption in the Africa’s most populous country.”
According to the Organisers, Malami is to present to the international community and Africans in the diaspora “the changing face of governance in the continent and mitigation efforts to minimize corruption in public places.”
Malami will speak before a gathering of international audience of different professionals including diplomats, policy makers, seasoned administrators, journalists, business leaders, scholars, and renowned intellectuals across the globe.
The event will be chaired by Professor John Pavlik, a distinguished professor of Journalism and Media Studies, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University.
Among the special guests are Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande – Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and Robert A Schwartz, Professor and Head of Dermatology Rutgers University Medical School.
