https://www.chidoonumah.com Informed commentaries, news and progressive analysis of topical events in Nigeria, Africa and around the world Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:44:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.chidoonumah.com/national-dialogue-and-presentation-of-remaking-nigeria-60-years-60-voices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-dialogue-and-presentation-of-remaking-nigeria-60-years-60-voices https://www.chidoonumah.com/national-dialogue-and-presentation-of-remaking-nigeria-60-years-60-voices/#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:17:39 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13143 Panelists Dr Amina Salihu Amina Salihu, PhD, is a Senior Program Officer with the MacArthur Foundation Africa Office, farmer, and feminist. Amina was a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and Coordinator, DFID/UKAid’s Coalitions for Change (C4C) Programme. 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