Dana Air has announced that it is partnering with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) towards the success of the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit holding at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja from 7th to 8th October 2019.

The theme for this year’s Summit is “Nigeria 2050: Shifting Gears,” and the focus is to set a new agenda for Nigeria as Nigeria ushers in the next industrial revolution and mark a critical strategic shift to a competitive private sector economy by 2050.

President Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to declare the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit open.

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There will be main plenary sessions, parallel breakout sessions, industry breakfast meetings, the annual Start-up Pitching and Venture Networking session as well as other activities to mark our Silver Jubilee.

“As an Anniversary Event, NES #25 is unique because it marks a major milestone in our history of productive, robust and impactful public-private dialogues. Therefore, it is not just an opportunity to assess our progress and impact but, even more importantly, to project into the future.

“As airline partner of the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit, Dana Air is providing complimentary tickets and a special discount to guests and delegates to facilitate their transportation to the summit in Abuja.

“Dana Air is one of Nigeria’s leading airlines with daily flights from Lagos to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo and Owerri. The airline reputed for its world-class in-flight service, innovative online products and services and unrivaled on time departures,” Kingsley Ezenwa, media and communications manager said.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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