Osinbajo to lead discussions at Nigerian capital market conference

By Aduragbemi Omiyale

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will lead the discussions at the inaugural Nigerian Capital Market Conference scheduled for Tuesday, November 20, 2021. The theme of the event is The Future-Ready Capital Market: Innovating for Nigeria’s Sustainable Recovery.

The Hybrid Roundtable is hosted by the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), with the onsite event set for Transcorp Hilton, Abuja and online participants to join via Zoom and YouTube by registering at https://bit.ly / ngx-cmc2021.

The main topics that will be discussed at the conference include Stimulate the recovery of the capital market through political advocacy; Driving the government’s economic growth plans using the capital market; and The role of the private sector in capital market growth.

These topics would be dissected by policy makers, governments, financial experts, business leaders, investors, international development partners, regulators and other market players.

Speaking on the conference, NGX Chairman, Mr. Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud, said that “the Nigerian capital market occupies a critical position in the economic growth and development of Nigeria and Africa.

“Following the successful demutualization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), which saw the transition from NSE to NGX Group Plc with three wholly owned subsidiaries, NGX, NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo) and NGX Real Estate Limited (NGX RelCo ), NGX is well positioned, as a more agile and responsive exchange, to chart the course for the next phase of growth.

“Through the Nigerian Capital Market Conference, we are taking a collaborative approach to ensure that we can continue to create value for participants in national, regional and international markets as their needs become increasingly sophisticated.

“We are grateful for the support we are receiving from the public and private sectors starting with the acceptance of Professor Osinbajo to lead the conference as a keynote speaker and we look forward to insightful deliberations that will usher markets and nations in. a new era . “

For his part, the CEO of NGX, Mr. Temi Popoola, revealed that, “given the macroeconomic and fiscal challenges that prevail in our economy today, we see the capital market as a lever to stimulate the mobilization of l ” savings and the creation of wealth and liquidity through policies the advocacy, digitization and proliferation of innovative products and services, as well as the defense of the reallocation of capital in favor, addressing critical societal challenges such as climate crisis and the transition to a net zero economy.

“As a transformational exchange driving Nigeria’s sustainable economic recovery, NGX is strategically positioned to galvanize stakeholders to share actionable ideas and collaborate across sectors and industries to create opportunities to drive growth and development for all.

“We expect this inaugural edition of the Nigerian Capital Market Conference to be the first in a series of events that are catalyzing the capital market of the future. “

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