The inaugural lecture of Centre for Financial Journalism (CFJ Nigeria) holds 11am on Thursday, March 17, at The Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.
According to Ray Echebiri, founder/CEO of the Centre, the inaugural lecture marks the formal commencement of activities of the Centre, which will focus on training of journalists in the country on financial journalism and research.
The inaugural lecture, which will be delivered by an eonomist, Akpan Hogan Ekpo, director-general of West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management and former vice chancellor of University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, is entitled Steering Nigeria Out of Economic Turbulence – Policy Choices for Buhari’s Administration.
Pat Utomi, director, Lagos Business School, will chair the lecture, while Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, will be the special guest of honour.
Ekpo’s lecture will be discussed by Femi Awoyemi, fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and CEO of Proshare Nigeria, and Tilewa Adebajo, an economic expert and CEO of The CFG Advisory.
CFJ Nigeria was established to provide specialised training programmes in financial journalism with a view to addressing the knowledge and skills gap in the practice of the trade, and to conduct research on financial journalism, business, the economy, banking and finance.
The Centre is governed at the board level by eminent Nigerians, with Ernest Ebi, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as chairman. The faculty is populated by some of the best brains in Journalism, Finance and Banking, Economics, Law, Development and Politics, who will be bringing their expertise and wealth of experience to bear on the offerings of the Centre.
