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Lagos – Forty-six years later, Dr. Yakubu Gowon, former head of the military state, again defended the Udoji award to officials after the civil war in Nigeria.
Gowon was speaking at the commemorative symposium in the honor of Professor Adebayo Adedeji, former executive secretary of the United Nations agency, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), held Saturday in Lagos.
to the belief that the late Adedeji was against the Udoji Award, every member of the Executive Council at the time, including Adedeji, supported him
Adedeji was the Federal Commissioner for Economic Development and reconstruction under the Gowon-led government. 19659004] According to Gowon, everyone, including public servants, was very excited about the price of the Civil War.
He recalled that during his period there was no industrial action (strike) of the unions during his nine years in power.
"We decided in ourselves that it was important to reward workers for their support and dedication during the difficult period of the war," he said.
Gowon also praised Adedeji's contribution, describing him as an unselfish international civil servant.
"Adedeji, though a world personality, has always put Nigeria first.His key role in forming the Economic Community of West African States deserved to be imitated
"Adedeji has worked tirelessly with Nigerian Foreign Affairs and all our Diplomatic Diplomatic Missions in the West Africa subregion. His conviction was that if ECOWAS succeeded, it would be easier to recommend it to other subregions of the continent.
"The world recognizes his achievements, which makes him more than a Nigerian product."
proud of him. In particular, it will always be great in my opinion, "said Gowon.
The symposium was attended by the representative of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, in the person of Dr. Yemi Dipeolu, Special Adviser on Economic Affairs
Members of the Diplomatic Circle, academics and other stakeholders were also present.
Among them: Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of ECA, Peter Anyang Nyongo & # 39; o, Governor, Kisumu County, Kenya, Hage Geingob, President of Namibia, and Amos Sawyer, Former President of Liberia
Also present were Ibrahim Gambari, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Permanent Representative of Nigeria to Nigeria 39 UN and Deputy Secretary-General and Eloho Otobo, Senior Non-Resident Expert at the Institute of Global Governance.
Emmanuel Nnadozie, Executive Secretary of the Foundation For capacity building in Africa, moderated presentations and roundtables: Reflections on Africa's Economic Development Program. failures, opportunities. (From the Lagos Action Plan to the African Continental Free Trade Area).
Other sessions included "Adebayo Adedeji in the trajectory of public administration and development in Africa", moderated by Adele Jinadu, former director general Lagos
Governance and Challenges of the Economic transformation in Africa (the governance context of economic development in Africa), moderated by Abdoulaye Bathily, was the other session.
In his opening address, Songwe, patron of ECA the aim of the symposium was to highlight Adedeji's key achievements with regard to Africa's economic development program and how they support the current context of the continent's prospects for development and structural transformation
. Structural transformation was his mantra for Africa.
"This is a good fight that still guides the economic thinking of the institution.I am currently in the lead.
" Everyone who had the privilege of working with him as a giant intellectual, bold thinker and pbadionate believer in African regional integration, remember Adedeji as part of advocacy for the development of the continent.
"It is impressive to see how the fingerprints of the Lagos Action Plan echo Adedeji's work on the establishment of the Abuja Treaty."
"The fact that he was able to live the historic moment of the signing of the African Free Trade Agreement of the end of March, the same year that he told us left, is a sign that we are, like him, on the way to the fight for the "good fight" for the economic independence of Africa.
and several other reasons, the Economic Commission for Africa is proud to bear the name of this son of Ijebu Ode, Adebayo Adedeji, "she said.
According to her, the symposium completes other activities that ECA "ECA organizes the annual conference – the Adebayo Adedeji Conference at our Annual Conference of Ministers of Finance, Economic Planning and Development."
"Different scenarios and stories can be written and told about Adebayo Adedeji
" We can see Adedeji the Pan-Africanist; Adedeji the apostle of regional integration; Adedeji- the intellectual nonconformist; Adedeji – the builder of the institution; Adebayo Adedeji was one of the most outstanding personalities of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century in Africa, who has contributed immensely to the economic and social development of the African continent. She said
by presenting the message of goodwill of Vice President Osinbajo, Dipeolu describes Adedeji as an imposing figure of the immediate postcolonial period of Africa, whose thought and contributions continue to frame the political discourse in Nigeria, Africa and globally. This is well demonstrated by the ideas propagated by the late Adedeji and by the causes he has advanced.
"Such is the scope and scope of Adedeji's contribution that telling them can almost leave us out of breath," he said. various capabilities at one time or the other, including the director of the Institute of Public Administration at the University of Ife.
He was Feder He was also Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (1965-19004). Executive Chairman of the African Center for Development and Strategic Studies.
He was President and Fellow of the Nigerian Economic Corporation; pioneer president of the group of eminent persons of the APRM; Pioneer President of the National Youth Service Corps.
Adedeji was also a member of the Senate of the United Nations Institute for Namibia. (NAN)
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