The Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, RT Honourable Mojisola Lasbat Meranda headlines the array of impressive panelists set to discuss the main lecture at TheGazelleNews.com Public Lecture and Award on Wednesday, 15 July, 2026.
The Keynote Speaker, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Chief Sunday Dare will speak on the title: Driving Grassroots Governance with Public-Private Partnership: The Gains, The Pains, The Prospects.
Apart from Rt Honourable Meranda, others on the list of discussants are: the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Sustainable Development Goals, Dr Oreoluwa Finnih; the former Deputy Chief of Staff to ex-Osun State Governor, Dr (Prince) Abdullah Adeyanju Binuyo; the Chairman of Agege Local Governent, Abdul Ganiyu Vinod Obasa; and counterpart from Abeokuta North Local Government, Dr Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo.
According to the Chairperson of Organising Committee for the event, Mrs Adetutu Audu-Adebisi in a statement, the former President of Nigerian Guild of Editors and ex-Commissioner for Information in Osun State, Mrs Funke Egbemode will moderate the event.
“In selecting the Keynote Speaker and the panelists, we have selected men and women who have distinguished themselves in their various fields.
“Chief Dare is a well respected media practitioner who had worked and excelled in various local and international media houses before going into public service and a well respected Speaker.
“Rt Honourable Meranda is an experienced lawmaker and a great Speaker who has distinguished herself as a role model for the youths. Dr Finnih is well respected in her role as special adviser to the Governor, Dr Binuyo is currently the Chief Operating Officer of TSAT/Thuraya Nigeria while both Obasa and Oyegbola-Sodipo have given the credence to allowing youths in governance with their superlative performances as council Chairmen.
“Mrs Egbemode is a motivational speaker, an Editor, one of the leading lights in journalism in Nigeria and the world at large, and has distinguished career as a Commissioner,” Mrs Audu-Adebisi said.
She stated that the event has been designed to discuss various issues of national concern with aim of setting the agenda for development and growth of the society.
