Reps okay Dana as official airline for SDGs summit

Obi Mbanuzuo

 

Dana Air has been named as the official airline of the House of Representatives 2016 Legislative Summit on Sustainable Development Goals, scheduled to hold on November 22 and 23, 2016 at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja. source:http://guardian.ng

 

This year’s summit, with the theme: ‘Understanding and stimulating legislative roles and responsibility in achieving the sustainable goals in Nigeria’, is a two-day summit organised in partnership with 1stDevHub Nigeria and other relevant international development and SDGs Advocate. 

Accountable Manager of Dana Air, Obi Mbanuzuo, said the airline was proud to have been announced as choice airline for the summit, pledging to always give their best to provide a comfortable and hitch-free flight services to all the delegates.

Commenting on the initiative, Consultant to the House Committee on the SDGs and Team Leader, Christina Ude, expressed delight at the partnership, saying “the world today is more interconnected than ever before and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can only be realized with a strong commitment to national and global partnership”.

1st DevHub Nigeria’s Senior Partner and Coordinator of the Summit, Kenneth Nwokoro, mentioned that this year’s summit is focused on improving Legislators understanding of the SDGs and how their roles impact on the attainment of the goals in Nigeria. 

He stated that United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, Thomas Gass, is confirmed as the keynote speaker; Prof. Kevin Urama of the African Development Bank, Abidjan, will chair the event, while the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is expected as the Distinguished Guest of Honour.