Soludo, el-Rufai to speak on Nigeria’s post-oil future at Agora Policy, Carnegie Endowment’s event

Charles Soludo and Nasir el-Rufai, governors of Anambra and Kaduna states, will speak at a policy deliberation on pathways for creating a robust and resilient economic future for Nigeria.

The event, themed: “How Nigeria can build a post-oil economic future”, scheduled to hold on May 9, is jointly organised by the Africa Programme of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Agora Policy, an Abuja-based think tank.

The event will hold against the backdrop of the global conversation about climate change and the transition from fossil fuel, Nigeria’s historic economic underperformance and current economic challenges, and the transition to a new administration.

The governors will serve as panellists at the policy conversation which will take place at the main auditorium of the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, and share insights from their diverse backgrounds in the economic and governance policy arena in Nigeria.

Other panellists expected at the event include Aigboje Imoukhuede, former CEO of Access Bank; Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank’s country director for Nigeria; Zainab Usman, director of the Carnegie Africa Programme.

According to a statement released by the organisers, some of the questions for deliberation at the event will include: Why is Nigeria’s economy performing below its vast potential, how do power, politics, and decision-making affect this economic development challenge and what can be done to position the Nigerian economy on a path of sustained growth, transformation and diversification?

The event will also feature the presentation and an exposition on the policy implications of Usman’s book titled “Economic diversification in Nigeria: The politics of building a post-oil economy”.