Foundation holds confab on solutions to skills, management challenges Nov. 23

A NON-PROFIT organisation, comprising reputable professionals with focus on proffering practical solutions to skills and management challenges in Nigeria and beyond, People Expertise and Excellence Foundation (PEEF), has set aside November 23, 2023, for the hosting of its yearly conference in Abuja.

The event will be the seventh edition following the successful 2022, 2021 and previous editions.

The conference, which the foundation said would be hosted under the theme: “Accelerating Steel Sector Development in Nigeria -Achieving Zero Corruption in Procurement Management,” is expected to attract industry experts, government representatives, civil society actors, and the media.

According to the foundation’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Musa M. Rabiu, distinguished speakers and participants expected at the conference also include Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, who will deliver the keynote address on the theme and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation, Abdullah Bukar, who will serve as chairman of the event.

Also, experts invited to speak on the steel sector and procurement issues include the Sole Administrator of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL), Sumaila Abdul-Akaba; National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of Strategy Implementation Office for the Presidential Executive Order 5, Ibiam Oguejiofo; Director-General of Imo State Bureau of Public Procurement, Paschal Egwim and Director-General of the Institute for Governance and Leadership Studies in Africa, Dr. Lanre Adebayo.

The conference will also feature stakeholders from anti-corruption agencies, such as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), legislators from the National Assembly, and private sector leaders across the board.