Experts will gather in Lagos tomorrow to analyse Nigeria’s economic challenges and recommend policy options which the Federal Government can adopt to tackle them.
The platform is the inaugural lecture of the Centre for Financial Journalism (CFJ Nigeria) at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Its Founder/Chief Executive, Mr. Ray Echebiri, said the event marks the commencement of activities at the Centre, which will focus on training journalists on financial journalism and research.
The lecture, titled: “Steering Nigeria out of economic turbulence – policy choices for Buhari’s administration”, will be delivered by erudite economist, Prof Akpan Ekpo, the Director-General, West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management and former Vice-Chancellor, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
It will be chaired by Prof Pat Utomi, founder, Centre for Values in Leadership, while Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, will be the Special Guest of Honour.
Ekpo’s lecture will be discussed by Mr. Femi Awoyemi, Fellow, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Chief Executive Officer, Proshare Nigeria, and Mr. Tilewa Adebajo, an economic expert and Chief Executive Officer,The CFG Advisory.
Echebiri said CFJ Nigeria was established to provide specialised training programmes in financial journalism to address the knowledge and skills gap in the practice of the trade; and to conduct research on financial journalism, business, the economy, banking and finance.
The Centre is run by eminent Nigerians, with Mr. Ernest Ebi, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria as chairman.
The faculty is populated by some of the best brains in journalism, finance and banking, economics, law, development and politics, who will be bringing their expertise and wealth of experience to bear on the offerings of the centre.