Former UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will address the 16th session of the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe annual lecture series in Lagos on March 27, 2023.

Johnson will speak at the event which is coming after the last edition that was addressed by President Muhammadu Buhari

While announcing the 2023 event, the Acting Coordinator-General of Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation, George Anyiam-Osigwe, in a statement issued on Thursday, noted that the former  Prime Minister, joined the rank of global statesmen and women that had addressed the lecture’s audience in the past.

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“He will bring to bear his experiential knowledge as one of the significant international statesmen of the 21st century to examine the central theme of the lecture, ‘Rehumanising Human Experience: A Synopsis of Anyiam-Osigwe’s treatises’,” Anyiam-Osigwe stated.

He said Johnson, a former Mayor of London and ex-UK Foreign Secretary, through his address, will offer solutions to some of the global challenges that are currently plaguing the world.

On the choice of Johnson, the Coordinator-General said the former PM was chosen for his courage, extensive, and practical knowledge in confronting some world knotty domestic and global problems such as Brexit, COVID-19, and Russia-Ukraine war during his regime.

“We considered him the right person to speak to the theme of Rehumanising the world. The world has gone through serious upheavals in the last two decades; from the civil war in Syria, political instability in parts of Africa, Brexit that has really tested United Kingdom and the entire European Union, trade war between China and America and the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down the entire world for more than a year with attendant social and economic dislocation.

“Former Prime Minister Johnson is one of the active global leaders of the last decade who had to deal with some of these problems and led the world through a once in a century pandemic. We are of the strong view that our country and the world can benefit from his experience and perspectives,” Anyiam-Osigwe added.

The Star