The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) says its annual conference which will be held from November 7 to 9, 2024 in Yeanagoa, Bayelsa State, will focus on strategies and policies aimed at addressing the challenges of the nation’s economy and the media space.
A statement by NGE President, Mr Eze Anaba and the General Secretary, Dr Iyobosa Uwugiaren, there is a near consensus among stakeholders that the country needs to push for a wide-ranging and comprehensible set of policies and strategies that will address both the short-term and long-term issues facing it.
It argued that while the poverty rate in the country is put at about 40 % - with an estimated 88 million Nigerians living below the poverty line, the exchange rate, inflation and spiralling energy prices, remain huge concerns to many Nigerians.
The professional body says key experts, actors and players from different sectors: energy, security, money/capital market, regulatory agencies, Big Tech, media and other stakeholders have been invited to start a conversation on the best possible way out of the challenges.
The conference which will be declared open by the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, will have Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State as Chief Host, the NGE and former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba and the Founder/Publisher of Vanguard Media Group, Uncle Sam Amuka, as Fathers of the Day.
No comments:
Post a Comment