AU-ECOSOCC office move to Lusaka cheers Dr. Joseph Chilengi
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ECOSOCC Presiding Officer Dr Joseph Chilengi at Lusaka’s Pan African Radio 105.1FM Sun 8 Jan 2016 pix Derrick Sinjela
By Derrick Sinjela
AFRICAN Union-Economic Commission on Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC)
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Presiding Officer, Dr. Joseph Chilengi cheered as the continental organ’s Ethiopia Headquarters moves to Zambia.
Featuring on Pan African Radio News Feedback programme anchored by Caesar Sindele on January 8th 2017, African Union Economic Commission on Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) Presiding Officer, Dr. Joseph Chilengi expressed delight that the decision has been unanimously welcomed by Head of State and Governments on the continent.
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Zambia’s Sixth Republican President Edgar Chagwa Lungu receives Letters of Credence from Ambassador Designate to Zambia from the Kingdom of Morocco
Chilengi expressed optimism that Zambia’s economic developments agenda will m
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ushroom as Conference tourism expected out of the ECOSOCC headquarters being in Lusaka remain lucrative.
Perhaps as a mark of Zambia’s growing international reputation, President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has been nominated for the African Peace Award, previously won by former Mozambique President Joachim Chisano.
“I see it as recognition of Zambia’s transparent leadership and good governance credentials that President Lungu has been nominated for an award previously won by former Mozambique President Joachim Chisano , an appreciative Dr. Joseph Chilengi showered praise on ECL and the Patriotic Front(PF) Government.
Equally significant is the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (AU-ECOSOCC) Presiding Officer, Joseph Chilengi, being nominated as recipient of the venerated “Most Influential Contemporary African Diaspora Leaders.
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ECOSOCC Dr Joseph Chilengi with Caesar Sindele at Lusaka’s Pan African Radio 105.1FM Sun January 2016 pix by Derrick Sinjela
Previous winners of respected “Most Influential Contemporary African Diaspora Leaders include First Black President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama and Civil Rights leader, the much respected Reverend Jesse Jackson, to name but just two.