AKSG Lines Up Programmes To Celebrate Obong Attah At 80

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By UbongAbasi Ise

As the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong (Arc) Victor Bassey Attah, clocks eighty 80 on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, the Akwa Ibom State government has come up with  its to-do list to celebrate the former  chief campaigner for resource control and  the newly crowned Chancellor of the Western Delta University, Oghara in Delta State.

According to a press statement electronically released weekend by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Charles Udoh, “activities lined up to mark this milestone will flag-off on the same day, with the launch of a book in his honour, titled: “It Is Well With My Soul" at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja by 11am.
“Similarly, on Friday, November 23, 2018, an 80th birthday symposium on the topic: “Leadership for Sustainable Development Culture in Africa” will hold at the Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort by 10am. The Symposium, which will be chaired by erudite legal luminary – Femi Falana (SAN), will have the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah as the Lead Speaker.
“On Saturday, November 24, 2018, a State Banquet will then hold in honour of the former Governor, at the Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort by 7pm.
“The birthday ceremonies will round off on Monday, November 26, 2018 with a Thanksgiving Mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Aka Offot, Uyo by 10 am. The Thanksgiving Mass is open to the public.”
It would be recalled that Obong Attah, who holds the traditional title of Eduek Ekpe Asutan Ekpe, was recently installed as Chancellor of the Western Delta University, Oghara in Delta State.

©The Sensor Newspaper

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