Osibanjo, CIS, CBN ex governors to chart path to capital market, economy growth

Piqued by the negative impacts of the on-going economic recession on the activities in the Nigerian Capital Market, seasoned technocrats, stockbrokers and top government functionaries are set to converge at the 9th edition of Investiture of the President of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) to discuss the way forward.

The Investiture, which is slated for September 28, 2016, would enable the institute’s President and Chairman of the Governing Council,  Oluwaseyi Abe, to receive the staff of authority.

With the theme: ‘Growth, The Only Nigerian Imperative’, the  forum would enable experts to review government’s current efforts towards address the on-going recession and proposes options to take advantage of the capital market to finance infrastructural development.  

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is expected to unfold the ‘New Nigerian Economy’ at the event while the Executive Vice Chairman, Travant Group,  Mustapha-Chike Obi, is the guest speaker. His paper would be moderated by the renowned financial analyst, Bismarck Rewane.

On the list of the panel members to discuss the papers scheduled for presentation are the two former governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo, and Mallam Sanusi Lamido, while others are the frontline economist, Dr Doyin Salami, and the President, Issuing Houses Association of Nigeria, Sunny Ayere.

Abe was elected the President of the Institute in April this year alongside with Adedapo Adekoje and Tunde Amolegbe, as the First and Second Vice President respectively. 

The high profile Investiture will be attended by the former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and other prominent Nigerians from all walks of lives.