Oil prices falling. Forex inflow diminishing. Foreign reserves threatened. Import bill rising. Pressure mounting on the CBN to devalue the Naira. What now?
In line with its mandate “to deliver knowledge-driven journalism in the pursuit of Nigeria’s progress”, TheCable newspaper will be playing host to a policy dialogue on the exchange rate on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo state, will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural colloquium to be broadcast live on Channels TV.
The four-man panel to discuss the topic, “The Naira on Trial: To Devalue or Not?”, is made up of Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives, Issa Aremu, deputy national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Moses Tule, director, CBN Monetary Policy Department, and Muda Yusuf, director-general of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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The discussion will be moderated by Frank Aigbogun, founder & CEO, BusinessDay.
Simon Kolawole, the founder and CEO of Cable Newspaper Ltd, said the colloquium “is to offer Nigerians a better understanding of the challenges facing the country and allow a decent debate on the way forward”.
Admission to the event, which starts at 10.30 am, is free.
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