NGO to honour Tinubu

• By Kayowa Adegboyega and Oso Oluwashindara

A non-profit, African Pride Advocacy Initiative (APAI), is set to honour President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), while fostering a reading culture.

The non-profit is dedicated to promoting African values and projecting the image of the African people positively to the world.

The initiative, “From a freedom fighter to the president of a country”, is part of the APAI’s African leaders book series. The series aims to showcase the intellectual capabilities and resilience of African leaders.

The forthcoming book delves into how Tinubu rose to become the 16th president of Nigeria from being a freedom fighter. It highlights his pivotal role in Nigeria’s fight for democracy his rise to presidency and echoing the legacy of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, three decades later.

The event would be chaired by Ooni of Ife, His Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.

The NGO seeks to engage the youths in nation building activities through the Nigerian Book Readers &Nation Building Club (NBRNBC), a platform to cultivate a love for reading and Nigerian history.

According to the organisers, the project is going to span across the 36 states with members participating in book reading campaigns in campuses,  Local government areas (LGAs), and various media platforms.

The project campaign will commence on July 25 in Lagos with the inauguration of “Nigeria unite against insecurity,” a media campaign aiming to support government efforts to combat insecurity in Nigeria. The event will hold at Oranmiyan Hall, Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja.