The Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hotel was on Tuesday 30th October besieged by the creme-de la-creme of the Nigerian and African society. It was a case of a rare feat that can only be achieved by a rare gem.
Considering the calibre of people seated, led by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, a handfull of former and serving Ministers, Elder Statesmen, Senators, Honourable members, State Governors or their representatives, Captains of industries and members of the diplomatic corps among others, one could have mistaken the event for some political get together where politics and politicking was to be the subject of the day, but no.
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