Trade Nigeria has revealed that Nigerian
top business owners Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola and Tony Elumelu will be
speakers at the Nigeria - Korea Economic Forum scheduled for December 2019.
The event previously scheduled
for December 5 to 12, 2019, will take place from December 20 to 25, 2019,
adding that the change of date is to ensure that the goals of the event are
achieved.
The Chief Executive Officer of
Trade Nigeria, Hon. Nwabueze Buchi George said the change was made by the
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo to put strategies
in place for “the event geared towards bringing more investment to the country”
Buchi George said, “The change of
date has made the event bigger and better. We are really sorry for the
inconveniences this would cause, we believe it is all for the best.
“We now have Africa’s foremost
investors of Nigerian extraction Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu and Femi Otedola as
speakers at the event and they will speak of the quality we are looking at and
we really appreciate every great efforts made by the Honorable Minister of
Industry, Trade and Investment; Office of The Secretary to the Government of
the Federation Abuja and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA)”
“It has been a long journey and
we hope to bring something back home for the country at the end of the day”
Nigeria - Korea Economic Forum is
geared at boosting trade relationship between both countries, it is part of the
Nigeria – Asia Business and Economic Forum with more coming up in 2020 in other
countries.
Other parts of the Nigeria – Asia
Business and Economic Forum series are schedule for: China – February 17 to 28,
2020; Japan – April 23 to 30, 2020; Vietnam - June 25 – 30, 2020 and Taiwan –
July 26 to 29, 2020
