LCCI Holds Seminar on Investment Opportunities, Risks

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has announced that it would hold its Economic and Business Outlook Seminar 2020 next week.

A release from the organisation said the event is specifically fixed for Thursday, January 23, 2020 and is themed Private Sector Investment: Opportunities and Risks 2020.

It was stated that the focus of the seminar is to facilitate stakeholders’ discussions on the practical issues, opportunities, threats, policies and regulations needed to achieve our desired economic goals by answering some key questions.

The LCCI said these questions include what is the private sector investment threshold required to achieve Nigeria’s economic growth target? How do we position the markets (commodity, financial, foreign exchange, etc) to accelerate growth? How do we develop and deploy our resources to achieve higher productivity and deepen growth? What policy framework is required to accelerate private sector investment across sectors? And What role will sub-national/state governments play to increase investment?

It was stated that to find answers to the above posers, participants will have to gather at the Commerce House, 1 Idowu Taylor Street, VI, Lagos by 10:00am prompt, with a participation fee of N20,000 for non-members of LCCI payable in bank draft.

Those expected to speak on the theme as well as the five above questions include Mrs Toki Mabogunje, President of LCCI; Mr Nonso Obikili, Chief Economist at BusinessDay; Mr Niyi Yusuf, Managing Director, Verraki Limited; and Mr Biodun Adedipe, Managing Consultant/CEO of BAA Consulting.

“As a key stakeholder in the Nigerian economy, we are pleased to invite you to join other business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, importers and exporters from all industries as well as government officials and members of the diplomatic community,” the LCCI said in a notice last week.

LCCI is a non-profit organisation that promotes, supports or opposes legislative or other measures affecting trade, industry, commerce and agriculture as well as representing the opinion of the Lagos business community on the above matters in particular, and the economy as a whole.

It is the organiser of the popular Lagos International Trade Fair, which holds in first week of November of every year at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos.