Yemisi Izuora
The Etsu Nupe, Chairman Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, and Chairman Coordinating Committee of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, HRH (DR) Yahaya Abubakar CFR has been confirmed as the Guest Speaker at the Commonwealth Africa Forum which will hold in New York and Canada respectively.
This is confirmed after the recommendation by the Commonwealth Business Women Network Nigeria led by the Chairperson/CEO Mrs. Afoma Clara Adigwe whose group was appointed as the Focal Point for the Nigerian Royal Leaders for The Africa Forum (TAF) in New York and Canada.
The monarch who will also bag an Award of excellence for his outstanding contributions towards Agriculture and Food Security in Africa at the event by Commonwealth Africa Initiative (CAI) between October 9th to 12th in Toronto where he will also be speaking at the event themed Africa Open for Business.
In the same vein, the highly respected monarch will discuss the mutually reinforcing linkages between sustaining peace and prosperity in Africa and the 2030 agenda at the Africa Forum in New York which is aimed at bringing together Africa and North American business leaders representing multi-nationals, large corporations, SMEs, confederations, and multilateral and regional institutions. The session will also have a question and answer segment and a high level one-hour panel on September 28, 2018 in New York.
The Africa Forum is organized by The Commonwealth Africa Initiative, a Pan Commonwealth Organisation based in London.