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Former Nigeria President, Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, will give the keynote speech of the United States Nigerian Lawyers Association (NLA) Merit Awards Dinner, scheduled for October 29 in New York.


An announcement signed by Nexus U. Sea, President of the association, said tickets for the event at on sale on the NLA website

“Early Bird tickets are $100 for NLA and $130 for Non-. We recommend that you purchase your tickets before Standard Rates apply. The Early Bird period will expire on August 31, 2016 at 11:59PM. Standard Rates are $130 for NLA and $160 for Non-. The ticket price for everyone at the Door will be $180.”

The venue of the event is the 630 Second Ballroom, at 630 Second Avenue.

According to Mr. Sea, the keynote speaker will be ing a long list of Nigerian dignitaries who have attended the event in the past.

He named such celebrities as including “Professor Wole Soyinka, a 1986 Noble Laureate in Literature, and world-renowned writer, poet and playwright; Professor Chinua Achebe, world-renowned writer and author of the award-winning novel, "Things Fall Apart"; and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former World Bank Managing Director and former Nigerian Minister of Finance.

According to the NLA website, the annual Merit Awards Dinner are held “to celebrate the achievements of distinguished individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the legal profession and towards the advancement of public and community service, and to give out scholarships to law students of color from across the country, based on need and merit.”

It was not immediately clear what President Jonathan will focus on in his address. Since losing the presidency last year, he has spent a lot of time abroad speaking to audiences about the success of his istration in tackling corruption and boosting democracy.

In the next few weeks, he is scheduled to launch his foundation, the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, which he announced last year in a letter to former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

In the letter, he said he was back to work following the taking of power by President Muhammadu Buhari, “to continue to serve and dedicate my life to promoting peace and prosperity for all,” and that he would be “devoting the rest of my life and energy to making the world a better place.”

Several of Mr. Jonathan’s aides and former ministers are facing corruption charges in Nigeria related to his term in office.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/07/18/ex-nigerian-pres-jonathan-chosen-keynote-speaker-nigerian-lawyers-association-merit

Why shouldn't he? Anything wrong with that?

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From glory to glory Goodluck Ebele Jonathan keeps soaring like an eagle. What manner of man is this Jonathan? Indeed, there is POWER IN A NAME, I love you Sir!

Hiss.

Okay, they are paying to go watch a comedy show?

Funny how the stealing is not corruption otuoke losers now gyrates all over the place collecting worthless and irrelevant mucky mouse award from obscure entities... such his life..

Example of the judiciary that Buhari wants to force into his Gestapo unit. APC, go and ***

aressssa:
Funny how the stealing is not corruption otuoke losers now gyrates all over the place collecting worthless and irrelevant mucky mouse award from obscure entities... such his life..

HATER

Someone people will not like this o

aressssa:
Funny how the stealing is not corruption otuoke losers now gyrates all over the place collecting worthless and irrelevant mucky mouse award from obscure entities... such his life..

AFONJA.... By thier comments we know them. They are not hard to find spreading afo-ojoo online

HungerBAD:
Hiss.

only hiss? Kill yourself... Afonja

Pay $100 to listen to an ineffectual buffoon? Never! Spits

Wonder why all the useless paid congregation are always in obscure locations by obscure people far far away from Nigeria


What about Nigeria now? Den no dey give award inside Nigeria ni? This is how you know thess kabukabu gyrations and awards are staged and worthless



A whole former president ruining all over the place collecting silly and meaningless awards....smh

What does the clown have to say. After mismanaging your country. mchew

ya father dream of getting 0.5 award?

aressssa:
Funny how the stealing is not corruption otuoke losers now gyrates all over the place collecting worthless and irrelevant mucky mouse award from obscure entities... such his life..

shame on your false change. Has your life chao since this istration came in? We are in this mess together but I'm better off than you because i can afford anything this istration throws at me.

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Fedayeen02:
shame on your false change. Has your life chao since this istration came in? We are in this mess together but I'm better off than you because i can afford anything this istration throws at me.

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Abeg stop crying, I no get handkerchief.. I feel sorry for ipobs when they cry ..

It may sound somehow but losing the last election was the best thing that happened to GEJ.

GEJ is a moving train to higher grounds; He can't be stopped, anyone who comes into his way will be crushed to death.

Keep soaring high, a true son of God.

God bless you GEJ.

We love you.

Pls come n rule us again....sorry I voted u out.... I av realised my mistakes now

aressssa:
Funny how the stealing is not corruption otuoke losers now gyrates all over the place collecting worthless and irrelevant mucky mouse award from obscure entities... such his life..

see painment High blood pressure... Sudden cardiac death loading.

My Hero keeps soaring

aressssa:
Funny how the stealing is not corruption otuoke losers now gyrates all over the place collecting worthless and irrelevant mucky mouse award from obscure entities... such his life..

Why the hate speech my brother, if I may ask are you sure we can live together as one with all these hate comment am seeing online every day?

In defeat you became a legend, a great hero!
God Bless GEJ!

GEJ should be ready for prosecution after this key note speech.

Many will hate this, many more will underate it. Thumb up GEJ. Africa's father of democracy.

aressssa:
Wonder why all the useless paid congregation are always in obscure locations by obscure people far far away from Nigeria


What about Nigeria now? Den no dey give award inside Nigeria ni? This is how you know thess kabukabu gyrations and awards are staged and worthless



A whole former president ruining all over the place collecting silly and meaningless awards....smh

We only heard of your PMB when he left military power till 2015 as a herdsman without any international relevance!

Jonathan ma nigga ma NIGGA

Wailing wailers...

ONE OF THE BEST PRESIDENTS OF NIGERIA. COME AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO US SINCE U LEFT. THEY WAN USE CORRUPTION KILL US INSTEAD OF KILLING CORRUPTION THEMSELF . GEJ 2019

Jantyda

zombies will be like... he paid to deliever the speech if not who would allow the otueke man to give a speech. Gej is a clear example of who God has blessed. But they see everything right with where sheriff has put us in the space of 1yr+