Academics, policymakers, corporate leaders, others set for 39th Omolayole magt lecture

• We shall keep making impact – NIM

By Henry Uche, Lagos

Academic giants, policymakers, corporate leaders, the media, management, administrative and leadership enthusiasts and other well-meaning Nigerians would conscientiously dissect the interplay between ‘Capital Market & Economic Growth’ and how Nigerians can explore the dynamic relationship for national development.

These professionals would on 28th September, do justice to the aforementioned theme at the 39th Omolayole Management Lecture (OML) holding in Chris Abebe Auditorium, at Nigerian Institute of Management, NIM, (Chartered) in Lagos.

At a prelecture press brief, the President & Chairman of Council of NIM, Dr. (Mrs) Christiana Atako, assured that the Lecture would in a more robust manner address prevailing issues in the business and economic landscape and come up with ideas and strategies to move Nigeria’s economy forward.

Put together by International Association of Students in Economics and Business (AIESEC) in collaboration with Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) as host; Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA), in honour of the management guru, the discourse would see a cross -pollination and fertilization of ideas geared towards salvaging the country and ameliorating the plight of Nigerians.

“The Managing Director/CEO, Africa Operations, of Inlaks Ltd, Mr. Kyari Bukar would speak on the theme. The choice of this year’s theme is no accident. In today’s global economic landscape, the relationship between the capital market and economic growth is akin to the bond between the warp and weft in a fabric. They intermingle, influence, and shape each other in ways that can spur nations to new heights of prosperity or, if mismanaged, lead them into economic recession.

“The symbiotic relationship between capital markets and economic growth transcends mere theoretical discourse. It plays out daily in the stock exchanges, in government policy decisions, in corporate boardrooms, and even in the lives of everyday citizens looking to secure their financial future.

Atako who assured newsmen that NIM would not leave any stone unturned in ensuring that its impact are seen and felt across the socioeconomic and political Life of Nigerians, added that the narrative behind the pension funds invested in promising startups, the entrepreneur accessing capital to scale her business, and nations leveraging their capital market depth to fund infrastructure projects and many more, gave rise to urgent need for intellectuals to brainstorm in a critical time like this -for national progress.

“The symbiotic relationship between capital markets and economic growth transcends mere theoretical. It plays out daily the stock exchanges, in government policy decisions, in corporate boardrooms, and even in the lives of everyday citizens looking to secure their financial future” she maintained.