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THE third anniversary lecture of the Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited is to hold on Thursday, November 19 at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki Expressway. The focus of this year’s lecture is on the current state of the nation’s economy, which has become a source of concern for everyone.
“All the economic indices in the country now ranging from depleting foreign reserve, depreciating value of the naira, the double digit interest rates, high rate of the unemployment especially amongst youth to inflation rate which is now on the increase show that there is need for a rethink of the economic direction Nigeria is heading, especially in this new civilian administration that most Nigerians want CHANGE,” Maureen Chigbo, editor and publisher of Realnews magazine said in a press statement.
The lecture entitled: “It’s the Nigerian Economy, Stupid”, will be delivered by Chukwuma Charles Soludo, a renowned economist and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Immediately after the lecture, a panel of discussants will leverage on it to speak on how the manufacturing sector, the real estate sector and the management of the country’s debt could contribute to dig the Nigerian economy out of its current doldrums amidst the dwindling revenue from the sale of crude oil at the international market.
The panellists are Gimba Ya’u Kumo, managing director/chief executive officer, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMB; Remi Ogunmefun, director general, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, and Abraham Nwankwo, director general, Debt Management Office. Both the lecturer and all of the panellists have all confirmed their attendance at the event.
The special guest of honour will be Senator Chris Ngige, former governor of Anambra State and minister of labour and employment, while Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, founder/chief executive officer of the Alpine Investments Services Limited, will chair the occasion. Hayatu-Deen, former managing director of the defunct FSB International Bank is one of the moving spirits behind the Nigerian Economic Summit.
After the panel and interactive session, there will be an investiture of prominent Nigerians into the prestigious Realnews Hall of Fame, exclusively reserved for only guest speakers, discussants, book reviewers and chairpersons at the anniversary lecture series.
Those scheduled to be inducted into the Realnews Hall of Fame are Maurice Iwu, former chairman of INEC; Roberts Orya, managing director/chief executive officer, Nigerian Export Import Bank, NEXIM; Ngozi Anyaegbunam, president, Media World; Benjamin Dikki, director general, Bureau of Public Enterprises and Joe. I. Ezigbo, managing director, Falcon Corporation Limited.
Elaborating on the inductees, Chigbo said: “They (inductees) all played key roles during our second anniversary Lecture and the induction into the Realnews Hall of Fame is just a token of our appreciation for the honour they did to Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited last year.”
Chigbo also said the Second Volume of the Paragon of Journalism, co-edited by her and the late Mike Akpan, publisher/editor and editor-in-chief of Realnews magazine, respectively, would be presented at the event.
Realnews, a general interest magazine, is an online publication which thrives on investigative journalism debuted November 19, 2012. It focuses on oil and gas sector with its attendant environmental challenges as well as issues relating to business and economy, politics, power, health, women and youth. Its aim is to unearth exclusive stories about real people and the challenges they are facing in their day-to-day activities. It does this bearing in mind that government can only act to influence the lives of people positively if they are aware of their true situation. Hence, its objective is to use its investigative skills to ferret out information in the sectors it focuses on and produce an unbiased report which will actually influence the government and decision makers to take actions that will make the society better.
— Nov 9, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT
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