More highlights are flooding into the news stream ahead of the 10th Anniversary Stephen Keshi Memorial Lecture, which is scheduled to hold at Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos on June 7th.
Sports247 reports that fresh updates heralding the event have been provided by the chairman of Stephen Keshi Football & Vocational Training Center (SKFVTC), Dr. Louis Brown Ogbeifun, who confirmed a glittering list of personalities expected at the lecture.
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Among them is former director-general of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Dr. Amos Adamu, who will serve as the keynote speaker for the lecture, which he said will explore the enduring legacy of football icons like Stephen Keshi across Nigeria and Africa.
He added that Adamu will speak under the theme ‘Heroes of the Game: Celebrating African Football Legends for Tomorrow’s Aspirants,’ as the lecture aims to be a driving force for youth empowerment, national unity and sports development.
While also revealing that current chairman of the NSC, Mallam Shehu Dikko will chair the event, Ogbeifun added that Adamu will bring decades of high-level administrative expertise to the event in honour of Keshi, who died on June 7, 2016.
Adamu is a former member of both the FIFA and CAF Executive Committees, while also having previously served as sole administrator of then Nigeria Football Association (NFA) and chief executive officer of the COJA 2003 All Africa Games in Abuja.
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