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UNILAG Muslim Alumni holds pre-Ramadan lecture
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…Okunnu, Bugaje, Utomi, Oladosu to discuss Nigeria’s unity
The divisive ethnic nationalism threatening the existence of Nigeria will be one of the issues to be discussed at the forthcoming Pre-Ramadan Lecture organised by University of Lagos Muslim Alumni (UMA) on Sunday.
The annual event will also touch on a number of issues slowing the nation’s bid to be at par with other developed countries.
UMA in a statement by its National President, Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, said eminent personalities have been invited to chart a new course for the nation.
Salisu said the 26th edition of the Pre-Ramadan Lecture themed “Though Tribe and Tongue May Differ: Interrogating Nigeria’s Nationhood,” will feature a former lawmaker, Dr Usman Bugaje, a Political Economist and Founder, Centre for Value in Leadership, Prof. Pat Utomi and an erudite scholar cum Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Prof.