Lagos — Former governor of the US state of Florida, John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, will join Nigerian governors at an early breakfast session at THISDAY Awards/Festival of Ideas holding next Wednesday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

The session, the first of the day, is entitled "Idea on Governance and Infrastructure" and tackle questions on the challenges facing Nigeria as it moves to consolidate democracy, enthrone sound governance practices and seek the right framework for building infrastructure to ensure and sustain economic growth.

With Bush leading the session, the discussants are ex-Cross River Governor Donald Duke, Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State and Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State. Others are Chairman, Intekea Corp, US, Bill Mundell, and Liling Chen of the Peoples Bank of China.

Jeb, who was born February 11, 1953, was the 43rd Governor of Florida. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of current President George W. Bush; the older brother of Neil Bush, Marvin Bush and Dorothy Bush Koch; and the second son of former President George H. W. Bush.

A star-studded international team will discuss the implications of the Barack Obama Presidency for Africa at the second session.

The team will lead discussions in Session II entitled "Obama is President: What Next for the World and So What for Africa?"

Members of the team are Howard Dean, the chairman of the US Democratic Party which produced Obama; Donna Brazile, Democratic Strategist and former Campaign Manager of ex-Vice-President Al Gore; Andy Card, former White House Chief of Staff; and Karl Rove, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser to President George W. Bush.

The session will be moderated by Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigeria's former Minister of External Affairs.