By Gregory Austin Nwakunor
The management of CMC Connect LLP, one of the leading perception management and public affairs consulting firms, is set to host public and regulatory affairs practitioners in the private and public sectors to a national discourse in the area of fiscal policy direction for the incoming government.
The programme, billed for Thursday, May 11, 2023 via an online webinar platform between 10:00 a.m. and noon, is themed: “Setting a Fiscal Policy Agenda for the Bola Tinubu Administration.”
A distinguished economist with expertise in fiscal policy, banking, finance and public sector consulting, Dr. Abiodun Adedipe, will give the keynote address, while Founder and Lead Partner at CMC Connect LLP, Yomi Badejo-Okusanya, will moderate the programme.
The dialogue will have a panel of discussants drawn from different sectors of the economy. They include the Chief Executive Officer at The CFG Advisory, Tilewa Adebajo and Corporate Affairs and Communications Director at Japan Tobacco International, Vivian Ikem, among others.
The discourse is designed as a convergent platform for private sector players in public and regulatory affairs to make case for their business interest on key issues in fiscal policies and regulatory challenges in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Partner, Public Affairs at CMC Connect LLP, Adetola Odusote, who spoke on the policy dialogue session, said: “As Nigerians await the swearing in of the President-elect, many businesses are anticipating, with bated breath, the direction of the new administration’s fiscal policy. The last eight years have been very challenging for most Nigerian businesses and the hope is that the new administration will institute significant pro-business policy reforms that will re-inflate the economy.
“CMC Connect Third National Policy Dialogue, a non-political, non-partisan and pro-business platform, will bring together key stakeholders with the objective of aggregating views and making very incisive recommendations on how best the next government can move the Nigerian economy forward.”
Source: The Guardian
