Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will this weekend leave for South Africa where he is scheduled as a key speaker at the inaugural African Presidential Leaders Centre Roundtable holding in Johannesburg.
The Ex-President will be joined by other former Presidents and eminent African statesmen to explore how the continent’s economic growth could be enhanced through functional education.
The theme of the conference is “Addressing Africa’s Educational Challenges in the 21st Century”. Speaking ahead of the meeting ex-President Jonathan, who is also the Chairman of Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, said he is excited by the theme of the meeting, stressing that education is key to unlocking Africa’s rich potentials and solving the nation’s economic, social and security challenges.
A statement issued by the ex-President’s media adviser Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, said that at the end of the programme , the former President is billed to proceed to Liberia where he would be leading the National Democratic Institute’s International Election Observation Mission to the Liberian Presidential run off polls holding on 7th November, 2017.
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