The Africa Programme of the US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Abuja-based Agora Policy are jointly organizing a policy conversation in Abuja on the theme 'How Nigeria can build a post-oil economic future.'

The event will have governors, former CEO of Access Bank, World Bank's Country Director for Nigeria, and Director of the Carnegie Africa Programme as panellists. Dr Zainab Usman's book, 'Economic diversification in Nigeria:

The politics of building a post-oil economy,' will also be presented and discussed at the event. The book challenges the received wisdom about Nigeria's economic trajectory and was voted as one of the 'Best Books of 2022' on economics by the Financial Times.

The event will deliberate on questions such as why Nigeria's economy is performing below its vast potential, how power, politics, and decision-making affect economic development, and what can be done to position the Nigerian economy for sustained growth, transformation, and diversification.

The state governors, Soludo and El-Rufai, will share their insights from their diverse backgrounds in the economic and governance policy arena in Nigeria.

Soludo is a professor of economics, former chief economic adviser to the President, and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, while El-Rufai is a former director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, a member of the Economic Management Team, and a member of the Policy Implementation Committee under General Abdulsalami Abubakar. 

The event comes amid the global conversation about climate change, Nigeria's historic economic underperformance and current economic challenges, and the transition to a new administration later in the month.

source; The punch
link; https://punchng.com/el-rufai-soludo-others-to-discuss-economic-growth/