Professor Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso, director general and chief executive of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), will deliver the 10th edition of The Bullion Lecture scheduled for Thursday, April 23, in Lagos.
The lecture, which will hold at The Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, is themed “From Resources to Prosperity: How Raw Materials Development, Value Addition and Innovation Can Catalyse Nigeria’s Industrial Renaissance.”
Ike-Muonso is a natural resource economist with over 30 years’ experience in raw material markets, supply chain economics and research commercialisation.
Before his current role, he was chief executive of ValueFronteira Limited, a commodities research and data analytics firm. He has also worked with organisations including the World Bank, UNDP, European Commission, ECOWAS, USAID, DFID, FCDO and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as Lagos Business School and Edinburgh Business School.
According to a statement by Ray Echebiri, founder and chief executive of the Centre for Financial Journalism, organisers of the lecture, the event will be chaired by Dele Oye, chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics and former president of the National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture.
Jacob Esan, chief executive of Geo Fluids Plc, and Christian Udechukwu, commissioner for industrial development in Anambra State, will serve as panellists.
The event will also feature the presentation of a book titled Pathways to Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Transformation, edited by Echebiri. The book compiles texts of The Bullion Lecture from 2016 to 2026.
Expected attendees include government officials, industry leaders, academics, finance professionals, energy sector stakeholders, manufacturers, maritime executives, ICT professionals, members of the diplomatic corps and the public.
