The former Governor thanked Pastor Poju Oyemade for the event. Quoting the UNDP statistics of poverty growth a decade ago, he shared that China has a high poverty rate than Nigeria, but today the reverse[…]
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Question & Answer Session with GOVERNOR, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU
THE ECONOMY AS IT CONCERNS LAGOS STATE QUESTION 1: The Commuting losses to the Lagos economy. What are the short term and long-term strategies to sort the Lagos state transport issues? Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu: Even on[…]
An alternative and even better future is possible, but with not an oil driven economy. – Professor Chukwuma Soludo
Professor Chukwuma Soludo started by saying how he accepted the invitation long before his appointment as a member of the Economic Advisory Council. He then went on to mention the need to focus on the[…]
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara desert, in 5 years, there will be a shortage of sand! – Bismarck Rewane
Bismarck Rewane spoke for the first time at the Platform. He commenced his speech by sharing his thoughts on the theme – REDESIGNING THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITH NEW IDEAS. According to him, “There is a fatigue[…]
For the Nigerian Economy to experience sustainable growth it has to increase the rate of manufacturing – Dr. Anil Gupta
Immediately after Pastor ‘Poju’s opening speech was Professor Anil Gupta. As he commenced he shared his thoughts on the World Bank’s views on possible areas of improvement (in the Nigerian Economy) such as the new[…]
#ThePlatformNG #NewEconomicIdeas (Opening Speech by Pastor ‘Poju Oyemade)
The October edition of the Platform commenced on a very good note. Despite the bad weather, the program started at about 9:35am. The Visionary, Pastor Poju Oyemade, stated by reiterating the vision for the Platform.[…]
In a country like Nigeria, there are four sets of actors that matter the most to her economy. ~ Dr. Anil Gupta
Dr. Anil Gupta, 4th speaker, first started on a lighter note, commenting that Africa is both “the oldest and the youngest continent on earth.” He then clearly stated that his speech focus would be[…]
“We must first understand who we are before we can make sense.” – Mrs. Ibukun Awosika.
After a short while, it was great to have Mrs. Ibukun Awosika speak again at #ThePlatformNG. Being the last speaker, she tied up everything the last six speakers shared during the individual sessions. Her session[…]
2 Economic Drivers that can make Nigeria the next desirable nation ~ Prof. Ndubisi Ekekwe
Professor Ndubisi Ekekwe is the founder and President of African Institution of Technology. After thanking Pastor Poju for inviting him to #ThePlatformNG, he shared the title of his speech – THE GROWTH of NATIONS. He described Nigeria as[…]
Facts that explain the economy of Nigeria is growing – Dr. Biodun Adedipe
For the first time at #ThePlatformNG, Dr Biodun Adedipe spoke, and the essence of his presentation was for the audience to start seeing what others don’t see and talking about what they don’t talk about. He[…]