The Managing director of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Umaru Ibrahim, will today, deliver a keynote address at the 2016 LAPO Institute Conference on Microfinance and Enterprise Development in Benin City, Edo State.

The two-day event with the theme, “Confronting the scourge of poverty through microfinance – Issues and Challenges,” would also witness a paper to be delivered by the managing director of Grooming Centre, Godwin Nwabunka, while the Vice Chancellor of Samuel Adegboyega University, Ben Aigbokhan, is chairing the occasion.

A statement by the organisers, said the conference aims to tackle the scourge of poverty through the promotion of microfinance and enterprise development in Nigeria and Africa in general.
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The event also provides a veritable platform for stakeholders to examine current issues and challenges bedeviling the microfinance industry with a view to repositioning it as a veritable instrument for tackling poverty, enhancing social inclusion and accelerating national development.