About 150 speakers have been drawn to discuss and deliberate on pragmatic optimisation of the inherent opportunities in Africa’s 5th largest economy at Ehingbeti 2021 themed ‘For a Greater Lagos: Setting the tone for the next decade’.
Ehingbeti, the Lagos Economic Summit, which commences today, February 9 – 11, 2021 seeks to offer perspectives on how to manage the peculiar socio-economic landscape of Lagos State in the coming decade.
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Leading the array of speakers at the three-day summit are Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chair of Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing; Mr Ben Akabueze, Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation; Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigerian Minister of Finance; Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB); Amina Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary-General and Mohammed Yahaya, UNDP Resident Representative.
President Muhammadu Buhari; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and Catriona Laing, British High Commissioner to Nigeria will give goodwill messages while the Summit opening address will be delivered by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget and Co-Chair of Ehingbeti, Sam Egube said the summit is living up to its repute as Africa’s most practical and result-oriented private sector-led forum for socio-economic and infrastructural development, with the quality of speakers, confirmed to discuss at the virtual summit.
