BREAKING NEWS, Business
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THE inaugural lecture of the Centre for Financial Journalism, (CFJ Nigeria) holds 11am on Thursday March 17, 2016 at The Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.
According to Ray Echebiri, founder and CEO of the Centre, the inaugural lecture marks the formal commencement of activities of the Centre, which will focus on training of journalists in the country on financial journalism, and research.
The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Akpan Hogan Ekpo, erudite Economist and director-general of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management. Ekpo who is also a former vice-chancellor of University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, will deliver a lecture entitled: Steering Nigeria Out of Economic Turbulence – Policy Choices for Buhari’s Administration.
The lecture will be chaired by Pat Utomi, director, Lagos Business School, while Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, will be the special guest of honour.
Ekpo’s lecture will be discussed by Femi Awoyemi, fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and CEO of Proshare Nigeria, and Tilewa Adebajo, an economic expert and CEO of The CFG Advisory.
The CFJ Nigeria was established to provide specialised training programmes in financial journalism with a view to addressing 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 governed at the board level by eminent Nigerians, with Ernest Ebi, former deputy governor of the 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.
— Mar 21, 2016 @ 01:00 GMT
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