August 30, (THEWILL) – On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 some of Nigeria’s business and political elites gathered at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, to felicitate with deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on the occasion of his 60th birthday celebration. Although his birthday was July 30, he obviously chose to celebrate the event almost a month later when he felt the most important people within the business and political community would be readily available to grace the occasion.
The event also served as a platform to launch his new book, For The Good Of The Nation, a collection of essays and perspectives, following an indepth review of it. According to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the proceeds of the book launch will be channeled to his cause of educating the girl-child in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). To make this happen, the incumbent governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, led a fund-raising initiative and launch of this SDG challenge. Emefiele promised, on behalf of the bankers’ committee, to raise more than the required $2 million for this project.
The celebrant didn’t fail to use the opportunity of his birthday party to condemn the Federal Government’s reckless borrowing culture, while also dismissing secessionist groups. Some of the high-profile individuals who attended the event are Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Nasir El-Rufai, Kayode Fayemi and Rotimi Akeredolu of Lagos, Kaduna, Ekiti and Ondo States, respectively; business mogul, Aliko Dangote; MD, Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe; Bola Shagaya: Tunde Folawiyo; Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi; and former deputy governor of Lagos State, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, among others.
