The Buhari administration has named the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala among keynote speakers at the second edition of the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum, NIEPF in New York, the United States, USA.
The event which will also host Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, and Facebook chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO, amongst others, is scheduled for Thursday this week.
Other attendees are Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Pres of the African Development Bank & Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and many others.
According to Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, the event will hold alongside the 77th United Nations General Assembly taking place in the American city.
President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the presidency will also address the Assembly.
Participants at the epochal event are expected to discuss among other things the Growing Nigeria’s Agriculture for Food Security & Access to Export Market, Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector Reforms.
Shehu stated in a statement that the focus of the summit is to attract foreign direct investment, FDI into the nation’s economy.
The summit, the presidential aide said is “Holding alongside the annual global gathering, the NIEPF is expected to draw the presence of world leaders in politics, economy, media as well as Civil Society Oganisations and international media to focus on the vast economic potentials of Nigeria and Africa’s leading economy,
“Growing Nigeria’s Agriculture for Food Security & Access to Export Market with special focus on Impact of the Russia-Ukraine. War which presents opportunities for G7/G20-Nigeria Partnerships in Agriculture.
“Scaling up International Resources for Financing Education in Africa with emphasis on Making facilities to Link Government, Deal Sponsors and International Pools of Capital in Education.
“Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector: Reforms, Results and the Road focusing on Scaling Up Investment into the Gas Market—Plants, Parks, Cylinders, Reinjection.
“Scaling Up International Resources for Healthcare in Africa bordering on: Upgrading and expanding Nigeria’s Healthcare Infrastructure towards making Nigeria the “healthcare hub” for Africa.
“Climate Change and Paths to Clean Environment with emphasis on Paths to Clean Economy, Clean Energy and Clean Development; and Financing Nigeria’s Infrastructure with emphasis on Developing infrastructures such as Farm to market corridor, Farm to ports corridor, Export transport corridor, Railway network Road network upgrade and expansion, Airport upgrade, including dedicated airports for exports, Power generation, transmission and distribution.”
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