Attahiru Jega, NISER’s boss, Anthonia Simbine, others to speak on Democracy Day lecture

Former INEC chair, Attahiru Jega, is one of the keynote speakers listed for a Democracy Day lecture organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies(NIDLS).

The lecture, billed to hold on 15 June, is titled “Democracy and the State of the Nation: towards agenda setting for the new administration.”

Aside from Mr Jega, a professor, who will moderate the event, speakers expected to deliberate on the topic are the Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research(NISER), Anthonia Simbine, a professor and former vice-chancellor of the University of Abuja, Nuhu Yaqub.