In the history of the African peoples – the living demonstration of vitality and the consequence of the multifarious activities of our societies that are constantly in search of freedom and happiness – this Conference of Heads of State or of Governments will stand out as one of the affirmations of their common destiny one […]
Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Imperial Majesty, Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies, and Gentlemen Having followed with growing interest the statements of my illustrious colleagues, I wondered as I came to this rostrum, whether it would not be extremely reasonable on my part to make the shortest speech of my whole political career, saying to you quite […]
Your Imperial Majesty, Mr President, Your Excellencies, First, I want to express the thanks of my country to your Imperial Majesty, the Imperial Majesty’s Government and the people of Ethiopia for the warm reception which they have given to my delegation and myself. The presence of almost all the Heads of the African States and […]
Your Excellencies, Colleagues, Brothers and Friends, At the first gathering of African Heads of State, to which I had the honour of playing host, there were representatives of eight independent States only. Today, five years later, we meet as the representatives of no less than thirty-two States, the guests of His Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie, […]
By Godwin Aikigbe After a turbulent 2022, SAMDA is setting the ball rolling on all fronts. One of its immediate plans is a boxing tournament in Ivory Coast, a tribute to the country’s first president, Félix Houphout-Boigny, who served from 1960 until his death in 1993. Chief Executive Officer, Tony Kona Fele, made this disclosure […]
By Godwin Aikigbe SAMDA will launch its sports programmes in April in Ghana with the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Football Tournament, featuring the U20 men’s and women’s teams from Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia, and Ghana. On the back of this will be a similar tournament in Nigeria as a tribute to the first Prime Minister of Nigeria, […]
By Godwin Aikigbe SAMDA Nigeria ensured that the 40 Days Prayer Service for its late Secretary-General of the Nigerian Chapter, Ganiyu Olarenwaju Akanni, on Tuesday, December 20, was one to remember by kitting the teams that took part in the memorial match at Love Gardens Hall in Surulere, Lagos State. Chairman of SAMDA Nigeria, Taju […]
By Godwin Aikigbe SAMDA is in grief following the demise of the secretary-general of its Nigerian team, Ganiyu Akanni, who passed on November 10 in Lagos, Nigeria, after a brief illness. The amiable Akanni, an ex-Nigeria international who shone in the colours of several clubs in the Nigerian top flight, notably Julius Berger FC of […]