EXECUTIVE Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), the African Union’s specialised agency for capacity development, Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, will tomorrow in Lagos address thousands of political, legal, civil society and business leaders on the imperatives for achieving regional integration in Africa.
The forum is at the 57thNigerian Bar Association Annual Conference.
ACBF Senior Communication Officer Abel Akara Ticha said Prof. Nnadozie, one of Africa’s leading development economists, is scheduled to specifically address a session of the conference dedicated to political, legal and policy issues to achieve regional integration in Africa.
ACBF, with its head office in Harare, is one of the pan-African bodies with a crucial role to play in supporting the establishment and strengthening of institutions for regional integration in Africa.
It carries out this responsibility in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
The choice of Prof. Nnadozie as a speaker at the weeklong conference is mainly because regional integration has been a priority area for ACBF since its creation in 1991, by working to either build institutions or strengthen the capacities of existing institutions for such integration.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is also among dignitaries to address delegates at the annual gathering, with theme: “African Business: Penetrating through institution building”.
This year’s conference brings together a cross-section of pioneers and influencers drawn from government, business, professional services, academia and politics from around the globe to anchor sessions on various facets of the themes, the organisers said.