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Adams Oshiomhole, Edo state governor; Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Kayode Fayemi, minister of solid minerals, are among the speakers of the maiden economic  summit of New Telegraph Newspapers.

The programme, which will hold at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Lagos, on March 17, will be declared open by Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos.

Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture, and Olusegun Runsewe, former director general, Nigerian Tourism Development Board, are also expected to attend the event.

According to a statement issued by the organisers, speakers of the programme, which has as its theme: ‘Nigeria: Beyond the Oil Economy, are expected to proffer suggestions on how the nation’s economy could be diversified to break the age-long reliance on oil revenues.

“Fayemi and others, at the one-day event, are expected to deliver papers on how the federal government could diversify the nation’s economy as a way of broadening the federal revenue stream, especially in the area of earning of foreign exchange,” the statement read.

“The guest speakers will look at other sectors of the economy the federal government could grow to make them viable as alternatives to oil and how to achieve the objectives.

“The New Telegraph Economic Summit is being organised as part New Telegraph Newspapers’ contribution to finding solution to the nation’s economic crisis that was triggered by the falling prices of oil, Nigeria’s chief source of foreign exchange.”