Oshiomhole, Rewane, others to speak on devaluation at TheCable Colloquium

Adams Oshiomhole

In line with its mandate “to deliver knowledge-driven journalism in the pursuit of Nigeria’s progress”, TheCable newspaper will host a policy dialogue on the exchange rate on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural colloquium to be broadcast live on Channels TV.

A four-man panel to discuss the topic, “The Naira on Trial: To Devalue or Not?” is made up of CEO of Financial Derivatives, Bismarck Rewane; Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu; Director, CBN Monetary Policy Department, Moses Tule, and Director-General of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Muda Yusuf.

The discussion will be moderated by Frank Aigbogun, founder & CEO, BusinessDay.

Founder and CEO of Cable Newspaper Ltd, Simon Kolawole, said the colloquium “is to offer Nigerians a better understanding of the challenges facing the country and allow a decent debate on the way forward”.

Admission to the event, which starts at 10.30 am, is free.