Fashola, Enelamah, Onyeama to speak at Enugu Investment Summit

Minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, minister of industry, trade and investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, and minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, have all been confirmed as speakers at the Oganiru Enugu State Investment Summit.

The three-day summit with the theme “Beyond Oil: Fostering Inclusive Economic Growth and Sustainable Development” scheduled to hold from April 12 – 14, will bring together local and international business leaders and investors, bankers, financiers, the diplomatic community and the academia to explore Enugu’s rich potential – and the entire South-East – in a wide range of sectors.

According to Ike Chioke, director-general of Oganiru, “Dr. Babatunde Raji Fashola will deliver the keynote address at the summit, and he will be speaking on the theme: Public-Private-People Partnership for a Vibrant and Inclusive Economy. Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, the ‘Minister of Enabling Environment’ is billed to speak on the theme: Advancing State Industrialisation through Public Policy, while Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, the foreign affairs minister, will address delegates on the theme: Accelerating Local Economic Growth through International Cooperation.

“Some of the confirmed speakers from the private sector include Dr. Pascal Dozie, founder and former chairman, Diamond Bank plc; Emeka Ene of Oildata Energy Group; Ndidi Nwuneli of AACE Foods and LEAP Africa; Prof. Margee Ensign of the American University of Nigeria, Yola; Prof. Barth Nnaji of Geometric Powers Ltd; Lazarus Angbaso of General Electric; Nicholas Okoye of Anabel Group, and many other notable business leaders and captains of industry.”

The Oganiru director-general also disclosed that many more Nigerian companies, multinational corporations, government agencies and international organisations had confirmed their participation at the summit. Among them are DfID, World Bank, Fidelity Bank, UBA, Afrinvest, Etisalat, Innoson Motors, NBET plc, Yuanda Company, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), National Pension Commission (Pencom), Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and Enugu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA).

The Enugu State Investment Summit (Oganiru) is a platform through which the government of Enugu State seeks to collaborate with the private sector to promote enterprise and improve economic productivity. It is an initiative of the Enugu State Economic Advisory Committee, which was set up by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in June 2015, to advise and guide the state on the best economic policies that would help to engender sustainable economic growth.