The
Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf
Aregbesola, will be headlining the inaugural The Freelanews Leadership
and Entrepreneurship Awards (TheFLEA) conference billed to hold on
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel in GRA,
Ikeja, Lagos.
Aregbesola, who was the
immediate past governor of Osun State will present the keynote of the
Leadership Series where he will be speaking on the event’s theme,
“Inspiring the Future Through Quality Visioning and Influential
Leadership.”
The keynote will lead up the
National Periscope Discourse that will be ably handled by a
distinguished panel, led by Chief Olabintan Famutimi, Chairman
Tricontinental Group. Famutimi is an accomplished administrator,
industrialist, and renown bilateral trade promoter, who has made an
indelible impact in the Nigerian business space and has dedicated a
large part of his life to the advancement of entrepreneurship, commerce
and socio-economic development of the country. He will be bringing his
wealth of experience to enhance the discussion around the theme of the
conference.
Other esteemed speakers who will
join the first panel discussion are Segun Showunmi, a Public
Speaker/Politician; Olawale Olaleye, Deputy Editor, ThisDay Newspaper
and Tubosun Osifowora, Principal Partner of Osifowora & Co. The
session will be moderated by the veteran filmmaker, Fidelis Duker.
During
the second session, the conversation will steer a bit away from the
subject of core leadership to that of innovation. The session,
“Innovation-Driven Policy Making in the Digital Age” will feature a rich
lineup of speakers like Prince Dapo Adelegan, former Ondo State
Gubernatorial Candidate and Chairman of Celtron Group, Princess Kelechi
Oghene, MD/CEO, GMYT Fashion Academy; Tolu Medebem, COO/Lead Consultant,
Aster Marketing; and Efe Omoregbe, CEO, Buckwyld Media. This session
will be moderated by Oluwanisola Afolabi, Legal Officer, Lagos State.
Speaking
on the forthcoming event, Convener of TheFLEA Leadership Conference and
publisher of Freelanews, Victor Ojelabi, explained that initiative for
the event is to focus the essence of leadership on the paradigm of
long-term planning for sustainable development of the nation.
Adding
that the event is planned to be an annual exclusive gathering of select
public and private sector leaders who are providing such visionary
leadership, both in discourse and practice.
"This
year’s event is setting the tone for what will become a big platform of
discourse for the advancement of leadership and development in
Nigeria.
“And having the distinguished
honourable minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, a veteran leader who has
served across different leadership positions as the keynote for the
maiden edition of this event is suitable for the times and theme of our
event. Other distinguished speakers like Chief Famutimi will also bring
indelible experience and contribute to the quality of discussion,” he
said.
The event, which is two-fold, will feature an awards gala later in the evening to deserving Nigerians and brands.
"The
awards night will be more of a story-telling night, presenting well
researched insights on the activities of the awardees with informed
projections of their impacts on our society within the next decade.
These individuals will receive a symbolic gift to remind them of what
our collective futures hold because of what they do," Ojelabi explained.
