Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President,
Dr. Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara,
and the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, among others will on July 23
join federal legislators, capital market experts, bank chief executives and
others at the second biennial stakeholders’ forum on how to further develop the
capital market.
The event, which will hold at Sheraton Hotel and
Towers, Abuja, is being organised by the Senate and House of Representatives
Committees on Capital Market and Institutions, Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) and other regulatory agencies.
According to the Chairman of House Committee on
Capital Market and Institutions, Hon. TeeJay Yusuf, the theme of this year’s conference
is ‘Capital Market as a Catalyst for Economic Growth and Development’.
While Osinbajo is coming as the chief guest of
honour, both Saraki and Dogara are to act as the chief hosts.
Top private sector personalities, including leading
industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony
Elumelu; Chairman, Coronation Capital, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imohkuede, and the Group
Managing Director of Access Bank, Mr. Herbert Wigwe, are expected to grace the
event.
Dignitaries expected at the event are the Minister
of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, and the Ministers of Agriculture, Economic
Planning, Trade and Investment and Works, Power and Housing as well as state
governors, including that of Rivers, Kebbi, Kaduna, Sokoto, Bauchi, Lagos,
Nasarawa.
Also, heads of critical public institutions,
including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal Inland Revenue Service
(FIRS) and PENCOM are expected to participate actively in the cross-fertilization
of ideas that can lead to massive changes in funding arrangements for national
infrastructure projects.
Others expected to ensure excellent and workable
recommendations at the event include the acting Director-General, Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Mary Uduk; CEO of NSE, Mr. Oscar Onyema; MD
NASD, Mr. Bola Ajomale; MD FMDQ, Mr. Bola Onadele; MD of ARISE Africa News
Channel, Ms. Ijeoma Nwogwugwu; the DG, Budget Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze; DG Debt
Management Office, Ms. Patience Oniha; MD Nigeria Commodity Exchange, Mrs.
Zaheera Baba-Ari; former Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, and other
technocrats.
Papers to be presented and vibrantly discussed by
economic development experts and political office holders from various parties
include one on ‘Post Recession: Challenges, Implications and Opportunities for
the Nigerian Capital Market’.
The first edition of the forum in 2016 was a very
successful bi-partisan event co-chaired by the President of Dangote Group,
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and Aig-Imokhuede.
Others are on the role of commodity exchange,
development of the agriculture sector and capital market options for funding
the development of major infrastructure projects.
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