First Black MP to Speak at 2016 Oxbridge/Cambridge
Spring Lecture in Lagos
The nation’s education sector will be in the
spotlight at the Spring Lecture of the Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria,
where the first black female Member of Parliament (MP), Ms. Diane Abbott MP,
will deliver a lecture titled ‘Education: Reach for The Stars, Ensuring Access
for All.’
The epoch-making event organised by the Club will
be held on May 30, 2016, at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
(NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos.
Ms. Dianne Abbott MP will bring her wealth of
experience in education, socio-economic development and international relations
to bear at the forthcoming Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria 2016 Spring
Lecture.
In addition to being one of the most recognisable
politicians in the United Kingdom, Abbott is currently the Shadow Secretary of
State for International Development.
In 1987, Abbott made history by becoming the first
black woman ever elected to the British Parliament. She has since built a
distinguished career as a parliamentarian, broadcaster and commentator. In
2015, she was re-elected to her Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency
with a landslide majority and, in September 2015, was appointed Shadow
Secretary for International Development. She has been campaigning for issues
around global justice, human rights, and peace and security since the beginning
of her career. As Shadow Secretary of
State for International Development, Ms. Abbott’s three key priorities are: the
global response to refugees and migrants; gender and development; transparency
and scrutiny in aid expenditure.
Previous Spring Lectures organised by the Oxford
and Cambridge Club of Nigeria have attracted global leaders from the corporate,
diplomatic and academic cadres. The Club is made up of Nigerians or Nigerian
residents who matriculated and graduated at either the University of Oxford or
the University of Cambridge, UK.
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