FirstBank’s commitment to fostering thought leadership and promoting economic integration will see its group managing director, Bisi Onasanya, join other panelists at the Nigeria Summit 2013 organised by Economist Conferences to discuss transformation within the West African sub-region.
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to flag off the event on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island Lagos, with a keynote address on the subject, ‘Nigeria: The Transformation Agenda’.
Onasanya will be joined by executive vice president, Africa, Unilever, Frank Braeken; vice president, Procter & Gamble, West Africa, Manoj Kumar; regional chief executive officer, Africa, Standard Chartered, Diana Layfield and deputy director-general, World Trade Organisation, Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza, at the session on ‘The Regional Environment for Transformation’.
The panel will deliberate on several issues including regional economic and security integration; existing regional economic blocks; regional cooperation through institutions and rules; functions of regional integrations and challenges of regional integration in West Africa.
