Minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, is among eminent personalities to analyse the various reforms being undertaken by the current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at this year’s Daily Trust Dialogue, which holds on Thursday, in Abuja.
Edun is one of the three guest speakers selected for this year’s Dialogue, which has the theme, “Tinubu’s Economic Reforms: Gainers and Losers.” The two other guest speakers are the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joseph Ajaero, and the immediate past director-general of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Dr Victoria Akai.
Aside the three, several other economists, industrialists, businessmen and women, as well as eminent citizens are participating in this year’s Daily Trust Dialogue, which is the 21st in the series.
These include a professor of economics at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Muttaka Usman; the special adviser to the president on economic matters in the Office of the Vice President, Dr. Tope Fasua; the CEO of L&Z Integrated Dairy Farms Limited, Alhaji Muhammad Damakka Abubakar, and the operations manager at the World Bank Country Office in Nigeria, Mr. Taimur Samad.
Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, who is a banker, politician and former member of the House of Representatives, is one of the confirmed special guests at the event.
Other special guests expected include the chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya; the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo; the governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi Sule; the governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Umar Namadi; the minister of information and national orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris and the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Thami Mseleko.
Also expected as dignitaries at the 2024 Dialogue include former state governors, serving and former lawmakers, chairmen and members of market associations as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from across the country, members of civil society organisations, development partners and diplomats.
A statement signed by the acting group chief executive officer of the Media Trust Group, owners of Daily Trust and Trust Television, Ahmed Shekarau, said this year’s dialogue will be combined with the presentation of winner of the 2023 Daily Trust African of the Year award.
It said a South African humanist, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, emerged winner of the 2023 award after a rigorous process undertaken by the Selection Board for the award, which is being chaired by a former President of Botswana, Mr. Festus Mogae.
The statement also disclosed further that the event, which will hold at the NAF Conference Centre & Suites, Abuja, will be broadcast live on Trust Television, which is on StarTimes Channel 164; NigComSat’s Free TV; Moreplex 715; ArabSat Badr Sat7; AVO TV; LIMEX World TV, YouTube, as well as on Trust Radio, which streams online.
