Lawal, Moratinos, others to speak at Council of Europe’s Forum

- Nigerians continue to make waves across the globe in their various fields of endeavour

- Hamzat Lawal, a young Nigerian activist, has been penned down to speak at a global event

- Lawal, Follow the Money Founder, Hamzat Lawal, will be joining thought leaders in Europe at the 2020 Annual Lisbon Forum

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CODE’s Chief Executive and Follow the Money Founder, Hamzat Lawal, will be joining thought leaders in Europe to discuss policy formulation, international dependency and solidarity, and vulnerabilities through intersectionality at the 2020 Annual Lisbon Forum.

The event organised by the Council of Europe is tagged Learning from Our Global Challenges: Rebuilding Solidarity and will be held on Thursday, December 2.

A statement from CODE's communication director seen by Legit.ng indicates that the event is a distinctive platform for policymakers and activists to deliberate on how the global community can enhance international solidarity.

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Lawal will be speaking alongside the High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilisations, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, and the Director-General of Democracy, Council of Europe, Snežana Samardžić-Marković, on Thursday 2nd December 2020.

About three months ago, Lawal was listed as a Malala Fund Education Champion with 57 others from around the world.

The recipients were recognised for their efforts to accelerate progress towards girls’ secondary education.

Lawal was named alongside other notable Nigerian campaigners: Olabukunola Williams of Education as a Vaccine and Benjamin John of Restoration of Hope Initiative.

The announcement was made by the chief programmes officer at Malala Fund, Maliha Khan, on the Malala website.

Late last year, Lawal joined thought leaders from all sectors of Canada’s foreign policy at the annual summit on Canada’s global leadership.

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The Follow The Money chief campaigner gave a keynote address linking climate change and migration for better Canadian foreign policy at the event.

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