{"id":46079,"date":"2016-01-31T19:23:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T18:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46079"},"modified":"2016-02-01T03:13:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T02:13:07","slug":"us-envoy-walter-carrington-delivers-talk-as-mimiko-marks-7th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/us-envoy-walter-carrington-delivers-talk-as-mimiko-marks-7th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"US Envoy, Walter Carrington\u00a0 Delivers Talk As Mimiko Marks 7th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ondo state government <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_639759311\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span> announced that\u00a0 former United States<br \/>\nof America ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington will deliver a lecture<br \/>\nin the state capital as part of activities marking its 40th anniversary<br \/>\nand the seventh anniversary of the present administration in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the anniversary Planning Committee, who is also the<br \/>\nCommissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in the state, Akin Adaramola<br \/>\ndisclosed this during a press conference in Akure, Ondo state capital,<br \/>\neven as he mentioned that the\u00a0 lecture\u00a0 is billed to hold on Thursday,<br \/>\nFebruary 25.<\/p>\n<p>He hinted that the topic of the lecture may be on Federalism as a system<br \/>\nof government.<\/p>\n<p>Giving more details about the celebration, Adaramola said\u00a0 \u00a0no fewer than<br \/>\n26 special projects will be inaugurated adding that\u00a0 \u00a0the double<br \/>\ncelebration will be done on a low- key pedestal because of the prevailing<br \/>\nsocio- economic situation of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman said the celebration will kick off with a Special Broadcast<br \/>\nby the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko on the <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_639759313\"><span class=\"aQJ\">February 3, 2016<\/span><\/span> while<br \/>\nthe governor and member of his administration will travel across the three<br \/>\nsenatorial districts to commission and inspects life changing projects.<\/p>\n<p>Adaramola said the broadcast is to reconnect and bond the people of the<br \/>\nstate, with a display of photo exhibition to rekindle the nostalgic<br \/>\nexperience of the past as it links with the present both for elders,<br \/>\nadults and the younger generation.<\/p>\n<p>He said the photo exhibition will also tell the story of the strides,<br \/>\nleadership successions, trajectory of development, political emancipation,<br \/>\nSocio- economic transformation among others<\/p>\n<p>He said &#8221; Ondo state as a people, has over the years gone through thick<br \/>\nand thin with moments of ups and down, twists and turns, moment of grieves<br \/>\nand joy, low ebbs as well as periods of victory and triumphs in the course<br \/>\nof the journey towards achieving our collective dream and fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have today attained a sure footing on account of the efforts of our<br \/>\nheroes past:; shared determination and resolute commitment of the crop of<br \/>\nleadership in Ondo state, not only to make our today better than our<br \/>\nyesterday but deliberately establishing an enduring legacy for a<br \/>\nsustainable future, hence, the essence of putting on record this landmark<br \/>\nturning point of a double celebration. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Created by\u00a0 the then Head of state,\u00a0 Muritala Muhammed from the old<br \/>\nwestern state on February 3, 1976, Ondo state has witnessed 15 different<br \/>\ngovernors at the helms of affairs with the incumbent as the 16th governor<br \/>\nof the state.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ondo state government on Sunday announced that\u00a0 former United States of America ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington will deliver a lecture in the state capital as part of activities&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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