The second leg of the serial premiere of the documentary film, UNMASKED: Leadership, Trust and Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria will hold Saturday, May 29 at the IITA Conference Centre, Ibadan.
Time is 10.30 a.m.
Aside from the screening of the film produced and directed by the ace filmmaker, Femi Odugbemi, and co-produced and presented by the journalist and media entrepreneur, Kadara Ahmed, the event will also feature a Conversation on issues around the state of the health system in the country as thrown up in the 95-minute documentary.
With the theme as “stopping brain drain in the health sector,” the conversation will have as special guest of honour Oyo State Governor, Oluseyi Makinde.
The Keynote Speaker is Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, who had also performed same role at the maiden premiere and conversation on May 7 in Lagos.
In giving the background to the production of the documentary, Odugbemi said: “The Covid-19 pandemic has turned the world on its head and hit the world’s most populous black nation Nigeria with predictable ferocity. With its soft underbelly of corruption, poor healthcare infrastructure, weak systems and an ever-increasing number of its population below the poverty line, the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic has been substantial, but could this also be an opportunity for reset?”
This is the context in which the conversation will hold on Friday after the documentary has been screened.
Ms. Ahmed, states: “It is the hope of the producers of the documentary that beyond documenting the Nigerian story of covid, Unmasked acts as a catalyst for a conversation on shortcomings in our public health sector that were unmasked by Covid.
The film’s production and the conversation are facilitated by the support of MacArthur Foundation and PLAC (Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre).
