The coastal town of Badagry is to hold its first economic summit slated for 23 and 24 March.
This was revealed by Dr. Temidayo Hephzibah, the Director of the Badagry Convention and Visitors Agency (BCVA), the organizer of the event, at a news conference in Lagos. He said that the two-day event will hold at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) Conference hall, Topo, Badagry.
Dignitaries expected at the 2-day Badagry Economic Summit include the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode; Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Ashade Akinyemi; the Founder and President of La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye; former Commissioner for Tourism in Lagos State, Sen. Tokunboh Afikuyomi.
Other dignitaries who also schedule to attend are the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Whispering Palms, Professor Femi Pearse; David Skor of APM Terminals; the Group Managing Director of OBED Group, Mr Chris Illoh; Hakeem Olanrewaju, former Chairman of the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and many more.
The theme of the summit is “Unleashing Investment Opportunities around Historic and Coastal Zones of Epe and Badagry”. “The summit is to open to the world the investment opportunities that abound in Badagry and speakers will deliberate on how best investors can explore them,’’ Hephzibah said.
Hephzibah said that the agency’s major mandate is to market Badagry as a tourist destination to both local and foreign investors. He said that this was why the agency decided to assemble relevant stakeholders, investors and major players in the economy, both from the public and private sectors for the summit. “The main objective of the summit is to provide direction into the reality of making Badagry an international market hub for investment and leisure activities.
“The summit will also bring together regional and international industry experts including investors to discuss investments opportunities around Badagry and other coastal neighbourhood of Lagos State such as the Epe axis.’’
