With Lagos and Ibadan having been conquered, the train of the Covid-19 inspired documentary feature, UNMASKED: Leadership, Trust and the Covid-19 Pandemic’ heads to Kano this week.
The event is scheduled to take place Thursday, June 10 at the Theatre & Performing Arts Theatre, Faculty of Communication Complex, Bayero University Kano, New Campus, from 10.30 a.m.
It will feature the premiere of the 105 minutes revealing film, followed by a panel conversation on the theme: ‘Rebuilding Primary Healthcare’.
As it happened in the other two locations, the Kano event will have as keynote speaker, the Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele.
The proposed Special Guest of Honour is Dr Ibrahim Abubakar ll, Emir of Karaye.
To be moderated by ace journalist and now media entrepreneur, Kadaria Ahmed, who is also the co-producer and presenter of the film, the proposed discussants in the panel conversation are: Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa – Commissioner, Kano State Ministry of Health; Professor Isa Abubakar – Director, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Bayero University, Kano and Dr Halima Nuhu Sanda – Founder/CEO of Romeo and Zainab Boudib Foundation, (ROMZAIB).
Directed and produced by the renowned storyteller and content creator, Femi Odugbemi, “Unmasked…’’ was collaboratively produced by Daria Media and Zuri 24 Media with the support of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) and the Macarthur Foundation.
According to Bimbola Amao, Programmes Officer at the Daria Media Ltd, “We want ‘Unmasked’ to become a catalyst for conversations around public health in Nigeria based on the issues raised on the documentary and the shortcomings unmasked by Covid-19. It is our hope that we can motivate collaborative work that can help us begin to build a more functional public health care system.”
