Ex-Finance Mansur Muhtar, Okoh, Others To Attend Realnews Anniversary Lecture
The Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited will hold its Seventh Anniversary Lecture on Tuesday, November 19, 2019.
The lecture entitled: “Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa” will be delivered by the former President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama.
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The event which is scheduled to take place at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, will be chaired by the former finance minister, Mansur Muhtar, who will also speak on the sub-theme: “The End of Oil: Wither the Nigeria Economy”.
Joining Muhtar to speak on the sub-theme includes the director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Alex A. Okoh and chief executive officer of the American Business Council, Margaret Olele.
According to a statement by the publisher of the magazine, Maureen Chigbo the 2019 topic followed the need to escalate and broaden the conversation on the economic challenges facing Africa with Nigeria as its economic powerhouse.
She noted that this year’s annual lecture will bring together policy and decision-makers from the private and public sectors, academia and civil society, including the media adding that there will be an inauguration into the Realnews Hall of Fame.
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Former inductees into the Realnews Hall of Fame are Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of education and former vice president, World Bank; Haroun Adamu, former chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund;
Others include Adebayo Olukoshi, Director, Africa and West Regional Programme and Liaison Office of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Engr. Simbi Wabote, executive secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Roberts Orya, managing director/chief executive officer of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Ngozi Anyaegbunam, president, Media World, Benjamin Dikki, Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprises and Professor Joe. I. Ezigbo, Managing Director, Falcon Corporation Limited.
