This month’s edition of BOILING POINT ARENA promises to be an exciting brainstorming session when the issues around the protracted crisis in Rivers State and what is appearing as desecration of the Judiciary will be debated.
On the podium are two prominent elder statesmen, Senator Femi Okurounmu and Prof Anthony Asiwaju who are to offer perspectives on how Nigeria’s fourth Republic democracy can be salvaged in the event that the crisis is not urgently halted.
The popular monthly online interview programme, BOILING POINT ARENA, is billed to hold on Sunday November 10, 2024.
The 25th in the series, the once-in-a-month current affairs programme, will start at 8pm for a two-hour duration via Zoom and to be transmitted live on two radio stations, Sweet 107.1FM, Abeokuta and WASH 94.9FM, Lagos.
Boiling Point Arena, with an incredibly large online followership, is the brainchild of a media professional, Dr Ayo Arowojolu, who parades a credential of over 34 years multi-varied work career spanning the media, banking and education sectors.
A leading Afenifere chieftain, Dr Okurounmu was Chairman, Presidential Advisory Council, a Committee which set the tone for the Constitutional Conference during the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
For his part, Prof Asiwaju is an Emeritus professor of History and African Borderland Studies, who retired long ago from the University of Lagos, Akoka.
The duo of Senator Okurounmu and Prof Asiwaju are to offer perspectives, detailing the gradual decline of governance, the descent into god-fatherism and money politics, governance by proxy, legislative rascality, abusive use of State Security apparatuses and the desecration of the various layers of court systems in Nigeria.
All of these are to be dissected under the topic: “The Unending Rivers Crises: How Powerful Individuals are Desecrating the Judiciary and Other Institutions of State Across the Country”
A foremost traditional ruler, the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba Prof. Saka Matemilola, is expected to deliver a keynote address to herald the discourse, in his capacity as Chairman, Boiling Point Council of Royals and Elders.
According to a statement by the Chairman, Organizing Committee for the programme, Dr Eddy Ademosu, one of Nigeria’s notable Public Relations Icon, the interview discourse will fashion the way forward for proper democracy in Nigeria.
Dr Ademosu commended the Management of Sweet FM, chaired by its Promoter, Senator Olugbenga Obadara and WASH 94.9FM for identifying with worthy causes through partnering with the Boiling Point platform to widen the audience reach of the programme through its terrestrial and online channels.
BOILING POINT, a news and general interest Group, comprises an array of eminent personalities including over 300 Professors, technocrats, industry leaders, High Court Justices, traditional rulers, security top shots, media professionals and several others.
