Conference
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Africa Commodities Conference and Exhibition ACCE 2024, we welcome stakeholders, multinational corporations, foreign and indigenous operators, contractors and service providers, artisanal miners, small and medium scale miners, multinational, multilateral and bilateral institutions, brokers and exchanges, financiers including the government interventionist funding agencies, community leaders etc to subscribe for the ACCE 2024. The event is one of it's kind where the beauty and wealth of Nigeria in mineral commodities will be displayed. The event presents a rare opportunity for multinational operators, brokers and exchanges, contractors, service providers in the mining industry to interface with the local players to explore for investment opportunities, partnerships and collaborations. The event expands from the mining to energy enhancing knowledge on the various minerals that are so needed in the energy transition moving from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources.
Nigeria's minerals industry has not been scratched, it's still in it's virgin and crude stage waiting for investment opportunities and exploitation.
The conference and exhibition seek to explore on a number of challenges which includes the host communities, impacted areas and their wanting to be part of the beneficiaries of the resources derived from their land, this will yield the fruit of peaceful coexistence of the miners and the local communities.
Others are the sensitisation and the organization of the illegal miners, artisanal miners, small and medium scale miners to pool their strength, expertise and resources together to maximize opportunities.
The event will also do a review of the various funding opportunities available to indigenous, small and medium scale and artisanal miners both at the international and national levels.
ACCE 2024 will therefore be welcoming investors, foreign operators, brokers and exchanges, suppliers, governments interventionist funding agencies to come and interface with our local operators for investment opportunities, partnerships and collaborations.
Conference Programme
Topics: Speakers and Breakout Sessions
will include but not restricted to:
Day 1.
Tuesday 3rd December 2024.
1st Morning Session Opening Ceremony
07.30-08.45: Registration of Participants
09:00 - 09:10: Welcome Address by Lead Partner for the ConferenceSOLID MINERALS DEVELOPMENT FUND
Hajiya. Fatima Umaru Shinkafi is the current Chief Executive of the Solid Minerals Development Fund. The Solid Minerals Development Fund is a government-owned Fund established to drive investments in Nigeria’s mining sector.As a funding vehicle, SMDF’s key role will be to maximize recovery of mining investments to drive sector growth. Under the current leadership of Hajiya Fatima, over US$500-600m of projects have been identified that SMDF could drive across formalization, data development, production and processing in the next 5 years. Hajiya Fatima has acquired extensive knowledge of the Nigerian mining sector and championed the restructuring of the Fund with the target of providing access to capital and fast-tracking development of the mining sector. Most recently in February 2023 SMDF partnered with the African Finance Corporation (AFC) to deploy project development funding and technical advisory worth $700 Billion, to fast-track closure and operations of commercial scale mining projects in Nigeria. AFC and SMDF will combine funds with innovative investment tools to co-develop mining projects to mitigate risks that would otherwise have prevented financing to drive bankability.
Hon. Dele Alake
09.10-09.40: Key Note Address by the Honorable Minister of Solid Minerals DevelopmentHonourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Nigeria, a Writer, Author and a seasoned Media Professional, Mr. Oladele Alake. He was the Honourable Commissioner for Information & Strategy in Lagos, Nigeria’s most industrial and cosmopolitan state between 1999 and 2007.In that capacity, he was involved in formulating the strategic and tactical initiatives which made the administration of Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, then the Governor of Lagos State to record outstanding achievements. These marked its record of excellence in industry, finance, education, health, employment and community development. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Mass Communications from the prestigious University of Lagos, Nigeria.
A statesman par excellence gifted with the Midas touch to transform organizations and systems, Alake has been instrumental to the establishment and development of many media organizations, including Lagos Television, The Nation Newspaper, Television Continental (TVC), Max FM station, Adaba FM, and National Life. Widely travelled and acknowledged as an influential and prodigious political communications guru, Alake rose to the pinnacle of his career as a journalist at the Concord Press of Nigeria, where he was the Editor of Sunday Concord and National Concord newspapers at various times. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and a former Vice President of the Guild. Until he was appointed the Honourable Minister, he was the Special Adviser on Strategy, Communications & Special Duties to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Chief. Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR
09.40 -10.15: Official Opening of the Conference by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Your Excellency Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR and President Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Hon. Henry Dele Alake
10.20-10.50: Synoptic Review of Nigeria's Mining Policy and Regulatory Framework in Implementation, Honorable Minister of Solid Minerals, Your Excellency, Hon. Henry Dele AlakeHonourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Nigeria, a Writer, Author and a seasoned Media Professional, Mr. Oladele Alake. He was the Honourable Commissioner for Information & Strategy in Lagos, Nigeria’s most industrial and cosmopolitan state between 1999 and 2007.In that capacity, he was involved in formulating the strategic and tactical initiatives which made the administration of Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, then the Governor of Lagos State to record outstanding achievements. These marked its record of excellence in industry, finance, education, health, employment and community development. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Mass Communications from the prestigious University of Lagos, Nigeria.
A statesman par excellence gifted with the Midas touch to transform organizations and systems, Alake has been instrumental to the establishment and development of many media organizations, including Lagos Television, The Nation Newspaper, Television Continental (TVC), Max FM station, Adaba FM, and National Life. Widely travelled and acknowledged as an influential and prodigious political communications guru, Alake rose to the pinnacle of his career as a journalist at the Concord Press of Nigeria, where he was the Editor of Sunday Concord and National Concord newspapers at various times. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and a former Vice President of the Guild. Until he was appointed the Honourable Minister, he was the Special Adviser on Strategy, Communications & Special Duties to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Establishment of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF) to promote Equity Investment with A View to Creating Jobs and Gas Related Industries to Empower Nigeria's Economic Growth, Honorable Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas)Your Excellency, Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe is the Honourable Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Gas) in Nigeria. A mandate given to him by President Bola Tinubu (GCFR) on the 21st of August 2023. Before assuming his Ministerial role, Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo distinguished himself through dedicated service first as Chairman, Ika Local Government Area (LGA) in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, and then as a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika federal constituency in the National Assembly from 2007 to 2011. During his tenure, he was secretary of the Akwa Ibom Legislative Caucus and the Chairman of the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Legislators Forum. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Industry, while contributing to pivotal committees such as Customs Service, National Security and Intelligence, Power and the Niger Delta Affairs. He holds a B.Sc in Biology (Ecology) and a Master's degree in Environmental Pollution and Toxicology from the same institution.
11.35 - 12.00: Coffee/Tea Break
12.00 -12.30: Explore Various Partnerships and Collaborations that Exist Between the Oil and Gas Producing Companies and Indigenous Peoples, Advantages and Considerations Honora ble Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil)
Your Excellency, Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri
12.30- 01:00 Panel Discussion
1.00-01.30: The Role of Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) in Providing Financial Support and Incentives to Promote Activities in the Mining Industry by Hajia Fatima Umaru Shinkafi, Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) SOLID MINERALS DEVELOPMENT FUND
Hajiya. Fatima Umaru Shinkafi is the current Chief Executive of the Solid Minerals Development Fund. The Solid Minerals Development Fund is a government-owned Fund established to drive investments in Nigeria’s mining sector.As a funding vehicle, SMDF’s key role will be to maximize recovery of mining investments to drive sector growth. Under the current leadership of Hajiya Fatima, over US$500-600m of projects have been identified that SMDF could drive across formalization, data development, production and processing in the next 5 years. Hajiya Fatima has acquired extensive knowledge of the Nigerian mining sector and championed the restructuring of the Fund with the target of providing access to capital and fast-tracking development of the mining sector. Most recently in February 2023 SMDF partnered with the African Finance Corporation (AFC) to deploy project development funding and technical advisory worth $700 Billion, to fast-track closure and operations of commercial scale mining projects in Nigeria. AFC and SMDF will combine funds with innovative investment tools to co-develop mining projects to mitigate risks that would otherwise have prevented financing to drive bankability.
Dr. Olasupe Olusu
01.30-02.00: - The Role of the Bank of Industry (BOI) in Administering the Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIS) to Indigenous Operators, Contractors and Service Providers to Support their Projects in the Oil and Gas Industry by Dr. Olasupe Olusu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Bank of Industry (BOI)Dr Olasupo Olusi to serve as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Industry for a term of four years in the first instance. Olusi’s appointment follows the voluntary resignation of the immediate past BoI MD/CEO, Olukayode Pitan.For many who do not know, beyond Olasupo’s educational and professional qualifications which makes him well able to head BoI, he is the son of Professor S. O. Olusi, a former dean, college of health sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. His mother, Professor Janet Omolara Olusi, is also an academician. She equally retired from OAU as a professor of economics.An alumnus of Hull University, United Kingdom with a Master’s degree in International Money, Finance and Investment, with a doctorate in Finance and Economics from Durham University, United Kingdom, Olasupo has served as a World Bank economist and development finance expert over the past 20 years. Between 2011 and 2015, he served as the Economic Adviser to the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance.
02.00-02:30: Panel Discussion
Sir Tony Elumelu
02.30 - 03.00: Launch Break03:00 - 03.30: The Intervention of Commercial Banks in Nigeria Mining Industry by Sir Tony Elumelu, The Chairman United Bank for Africa (UBA)Chairman UBA
Elumelu worked in the Nigerian Bank Union Bank as a Youth Corp member during his National Youth Service Corps in 1985, before starting his career as a salesman. Elumelu subsequently joined Allstates Trust Bank in 2005 and United Bank for Africa (UBA) was acquired afterwards. In 1997, Elumelu led a small group of investors to take over a struggling Crystal Bank (later renamed Standard Trust Bank). He turned it profitable within a few years and in 2005, he led one of the largest mergers in the banking sector in Sub-Saharan Africa by acquiring United Bank for Africa (UBA). Following the merger of Standard Trust Bank and United Bank for Africa in 2005, Elumelu led the company as Group Managing Director from a single-country banking group to a pan-African bank with subsidiaries in 20 African countries, France, the U.S and the U.K, eventually stepping down in 2010.
Elumelu currently chairs the board of the United Bank for Africa.Heirs Holdings
In 2010, he founded Heirs Holdings, his family-owned investment holding company. Elumelu also established in the same year the Tony Elumelu Foundation, an Africa-based foundation championing entrepreneurship in Africa. Heirs Holdings maintains a portfolio of investments across several sectors. Through Heirs Holdings, Elumelu holds a controlling interest in Transnational Corporation, a diversified conglomerate with business interests in Power, Hospitality and Energy.
Transcorp Plc
On April 14, 2021, Elumelu was officially handed the Certificate of Discharge of the iconic hospitality facility. The National Council on Privatization (NCP), which is chaired by the former Vice President of Nigeria Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, handed over full ownership of Transcorp Hotels to the Chairman after fulfilling all privatization conditions attached to the sale of the property in 2005.
Elumelu speaks in 2022
The Tony Elumelu Foundation
Main article: The Tony Elumelu Foundation
Following his retirement from United Bank for Africa in 2010, Elumelu founded The Tony Elumelu Foundation. The Tony Elumelu Foundation promotes entrepreneurship in Africa. The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s belief that the private sector’s role is critical for Africa’s development is hinged on the economic philosophy of Africapitalism, which was introduced by Elumelu; "that the African private sector has the power to transform the continent through long-term investments, creating both economic prosperity and social wealth.
In 2015, Elumelu committed $100 million to create 10,000 entrepreneurs across Africa over the next 10 years through the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme - a Pan-African entrepreneurship initiative designed to empower African entrepreneurs through a multi-year programme of training, funding, and mentoring.
His Excellency Michael Olayemi Cardoso
03.30-04.00: The Funding Interventionist Procjrams of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the Mining Industry by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) His Excellency Michael Olayemi Cardoso Governor Central Bank of (Nigeria (CBN).Olayemi Michael "Yemi" Cardoso is the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.[2] He previously served as the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget of the Lagos State Government where he contributed to the transformation of Lagos State and its growth into Nigeria’s thriving business hub, and Africa’s megacity [3]. His private sector career spanned banking, stockbroking, consulting, and an appointment as the Chair of the Board of Citibank Nigeria where he oversaw business expansion, corporate governance, and financial growth.[4] He also served as a member of the Cities Alliance’s Africa Think Thank Group;[5] board member of MRS Oil;[6] Chairman, board of EFInA;[7] member, advisory board of Lagos Business School; and Chairman, board of the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance. He was also an Executive Lead at Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association and the founding chairman and co-chair of Ehingbeti Summit, a Lagos State Economic Think Thank.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
04.00-04.30: The Funding Interventionist Programs by the Bilateral and Multilateral Organizations to Promote Activities in the Solid Minerals Industry by Dr. Akinwumi A.Adesina The President/CEO African Development Bank (ADB)Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina is the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group. Dr Adesina is a globally renowned development economist and agricultural development expert, with more than 30 years of international experience. A bold reformer, as Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria from 2011-2015, Dr Adesina turned the agriculture sector of Nigeria around within four years. Under his tenure, Nigeria ended 40 years of corruption in the fertiliser sector.A firm believer in private sector-led growth, Dr. Adesina radically changed the perception of agriculture in Nigeria from that of subsistence to a viable business that successfully attracted $5.6 billion in private sector investments. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Dr Adesina was the Vice President (Policy and Partnerships) of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).Dr Adesina was Principal Economist for the West Africa Rice Development Association (1990-1995), Senior Economist and Social Science Coordinator for the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (1995-1998) and Assistant Principal Economist of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (1988-1990).A prolific writer, Dr Adesina has authored over 70 scholarly publications on policy, agricultural development and African development issues. He has served as the President of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, as well as on the Editorial Board of several academic journals, including the International Journal of Agricultural Economists.
Sir Samaila Zubairu
05.00-5.30: Sir. Samaila Zubairu, President/Chief Executive Officer Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)Samaila Zubairu President & Chief Executive Officer
A champion for African value capture, job creation and industrialization, Mr. Zubairu has corralled billions of dollars into transformative infrastructure over three decades of leadership. In his five years as President & CEO of the Africa Finance Corporation, Africa’s leading infrastructure solutions provider has almost tripled investments to $11.5 billion—including the biggest renewable energy acquisition on the continent— and doubled membership to 40 African nations, winning AFC the accolade of DFI of the Year for Europe and Africa at the recent IJGlobal Awards. As the pioneer CFO for Dangote Cement Plc, Mr. Zubairu launched Africa’s largest syndicated project finance facility for a local corporation and managed the watershed unbundling of Dangote Industries Limited to listed subsidiaries on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Most recently, as CEO of Africapital Management Limited, Mr. Zubairu partnered with Old Mutual’s African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) to develop the Nigerian Infrastructure Investment Fund to drive private equity investment into infrastructure projects across West Africa.
05.30-6.00: Panel Discussion
06:00-06.30: Synoptic Proceedings of the Conference
06:30-07.00: Close/End of Day One of Conference
Day 2
Wednesday 3rd December, 2024 First Morning Session Setting of Scene.
07.30-08.45: Registration of Participants
His Excellency Chief Philip Salawu
08.45-09.15: Welcome Address by the Lead Partner His Excellency Chief Philip Salawu
Sir Rick Kennedy
09.15-09.45: Framework for the Establishment and Financing of the Host Community Trust Fund, Utilization, Tax Implication and Deductions by the MD/CEO of Chevron Nigeria and West Africa Sir Rick KennedyRick Kennedy is the Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited. He is responsible for Chevron’s upstream operations in Nigeria and West Africa. Prior to this role, he was the Director, Deepwater and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for Chevron’s Nigeria Mid-Africa Business Unit. Before relocating to Nigeria, he was Senior Vice President (Operations)at Chevron, Saudi Arabia.Mr. Kennedy joined Chevron in 1984 as a production engineer in Edmonton, Canada after graduating from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. He has since held numerous technical and leadership positions with increasing responsibility within Chevron’s Upstream and Midstream sectors and at Chevron’s Technical Center.Over the course of his career in Chevron, he has worked in Canada, Indonesia, the United States, Saudi Arabia/Kuwait Partitioned Zone and Nigeria.
09.45-10.30: Coffee/Tea break
Alhaji Aliko Dangote
10.30-11.30: Indigenous Experience in Accessing the Various Government Intervention Funding Opportunities both in the Oil and Gas and Solid Minerals Industry. Alhaji Aliko DangoteFounder of Dangote Cement, a leading indigenous mining operator in the Solid Minerals Industry.Aliko Dangote GCON is a Nigerian businessman and industrialist. He is best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the Dangote Group, the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated his net worth at $16.1 billion in November 2023, making him the richest person in Africa, the world's richest black person, and the world's 107th richest person overall.
Jack Rich
11.30-12.00: Jack Rich, Founder / CEO Belema Oil Producing Nig. LtdJack-Rich was born on the 28th day of January 1975, to a humble family of Elder and Mrs. Teinbo Saturday Seliyefubara Jack-Rich, in Rivers State, Nigeria.At the age of just ten, the responsibility to become a man was naturally bestowed on young Jack-Rich who at the time had lost both parents, and without any guardian except God Almighty to chart his path.After twelve years of hard work, Jack-Rich founded J+G Global Gas & Oilfield Limited in 1998 and other subsidiaries to provide oil and gas-related services. Today he is the President/Founder of Belemaoil Producing Limited, the first indigenous oil Exploration and Production Company in Nigeria to emerge from an oil Producing Community in the heart of Niger Delta.As a philanthropist driven by his values to give back to the society, he has through his Foundation, awarded scholarships to hundreds of students, some of whom have graduated from schools in Canada, Ghana, Ukraine, UK, USA, Malaysia, Nigeria, North Cyprus, and the Philippines.Today Jack-Rich and his Foundation have provided for his Community and other Communities the best portable drinking water, employing over 3,000 Nigerian youths with plans for 12,000 as ambassadors of wealth creation throughout Nigeria.Jack-Rich studied Petroleum Production Technology in Panola College Cartage, (Texas) USA, Business Administration at the University of Wales, and Business Management at Usam University, with several Fellowship and Doctorate awards within and outside Nigeria.He was conferred with the title of Sarkin Ruwan Hausa (the Water Provider) by the Daura Emirate in appreciation of his concerted humanitarian effort in alleviating the problem of potable water in Daura Community – Katsina State, and by extension, Hausa Land.He is a multidimensional strategic thinker, a motivator, a strong believer in the Greater Nigeria; a role model to Nigerian Youths. He is married to his amiable wife, Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Jack-Rich and they are blessed with two children.He is the founder of Belemaoil Producing Limited (BPL) acquired the entire 40% participating interest in OML-55 from Chevron Nigeria Limited in a competitive bidding process in 2013 and consequently became the operator of the OML-55 Asset in the Joint Venture between Belemaoil Producing Limited and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Engr. Henry O Okolo
12.30-01.00: Engr. Henry O Okolo, Former Vice Chairman and CEO Dorman Long Engineering LimitedChukwuma Henry Okolo is a Chartered Accountant and a seasoned Corporate Manager.
He was previously Chief Executive of Dorman Long Engineering Limited and Group Managing Director & CEO of UTC Nigeria Plc. Prior to that, he served as Group Executive Director and Group Finance Director of Inlaks Group. He was a Manager with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and served in their Toronto, Canada and Lagos, Nigeria offices.He currently serves as Chairman – Nigerian National Content Consultative Forum (NNCCF) in the Power Sector. He was also Chairman of the Oil Sector Nigerian Content Consultative Forum (Fabrication Group) between 2005 and 2014 and serves on the Advisory Board of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. He is also Chairman of C & I Leasing Plc.He graduated from University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1978 with B. Sc. Degree in Accounting and subsequently attended North Western University (JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management) for his post Graduate Management Programme. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of both the British and Nigerian Institutes.He is the founder of ENFRASCO Limited, an Energy and Infrastructure Company where he is currently the Chairman & CEO.
01.00 - 1.30: Panel Discussion
His Excellency Chief Philip Salawu
01.30-2.00: Challenges Faced by Indigenous Operators, Small Time and Artisanal Miners in their Efforts to Engage in the Business of Mining by His Excellency Chief Philip Salawu, Former Deputy Governor, Kogi State
Michael Akueche
02.00-02.30: Equity Considerations for Organized Community/ Local Government Area / State Owned Companies by the Operators, Contractors, Big Time Miners with a Vision for Shared Wealth Creation By Michael Akueche MD/CEO Mica Equity Allocation
02.30-03.30: Panel Discussion
03.30-04.00: Lunch Break
Senator Ekong Sampson
04.00-04.30: The Role of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development in Carrying Out Oversight Functions on the Activities of the Solid Minerals Industry by Senate Committee Chairman on Solid Minerals Development, Senator Ekong SampsonChairman Senate Committee on Solid Minerals
Rt. Hon. (Barr.) Ekong Sampson was appointed to serve in the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council as Honourable Commissioner for Rural Development. A native of Ikot Unya village in Mkpat Enin LGA, Barr. Sampson was born on September 21, 1966. He began his educational journey at Methodist Primary School, Ikot Abasi in 1972 and later proceeded to Group School, Ikot Ekpene, where he bagged his FSLC in 1978. He also attended Holy Family College, Abak, where he got his SSCE in 1984; The Polytechnic, Calabar where he got his ND in Mass Communication in 1986, University of Cross River State, where he got LL.B (Hons.) in 1990.
After his stint at UNICROSS, Sampson proceeded to the Nigeria Law School, where he bagged B.L. in 1991. He also holds LL.M from the University of Lagos. He is currently undergoing Doctorate Degree Programme in Law at the University of Calabar.
He started his professional career with Journalism and later veered into Law in 1992. He partnered with many Law Firms and as at 2000, before his appointment as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, he was the Principal Partner, Ekong Sampson and Co., a Law Firm based in the Sabo area of Lagos.
As a public office holder, Barr. Sampson has served as a Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area. In appreciation of his giant strides as Council boss, he was elected in 2007 to represent Mkpat Enin State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and later got re-elected in 2011.
Dr. Mary A. Ogbe <br> Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Solid Minerals Developments
04. 30-05.00: Regulatory Changes and Policy Reforms Planned to Streamline Regulations, Improve Fiscal Relations and Create Conducive Investment Environment by Dr. Mary A. Ogbe, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Solid Minerals Developments
Engr. Hassan Albarka, FNMGS, FNSME,FNAEGE
05.00-05.30: Engagements of Public Private Partnerships for the Accomplishment of Business Targets and Meeting Objectives of Government by The National Vice President, Nigerian Mining Geoscience Society, DG/CEO National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency NMGS Engr. Hassan Albarka, FNMGS, FNSME,FNAEGE
06.oo-06.30: Panel Discussion
06:30-07.00 Close of Conference Day 2
Day 3:
Thursday 17th October, 2024
1st Morning Session: Setting of Scene
07.30-08.45: Registration of Participants
Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwon.
09.15-09.45: The Role of the State Governments in Providing Support and Incentives to Assist Local and Artisandl Miners Operating in Organized Corporate and Regulated Environment by trie Executive Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwon.
09.45-10.30: Coffee/Tea Break
His Excellency Babajide Sanwo-olu
10.30-11.00: Executive Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency Babajide Sanwo-olu
His Excellency Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule
11.00-11.30: Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, His Excellency Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule
His Excellency Hope Uzodinma
11.30-12.00: Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Hope Uzodinma
12.00-12.30: Executive Governor of Borno State, His Excellency Babagana Umara Zulum CON
His Excellency Agbu Kefas
12.30-01.00: Executive Governor of Taraba State, His Excellency Agbu Kefas
01.00-01.30: Panel Discussion
01.30-02.00: Lunch Break
02.00-02.30: Deliberate Investments that Will Culminate in the Solid Minerals Mining, Processing and Trade of Value Added Products to Enhance Economic Diversification, Job Creation and Employment.
His Excellency Pastor Umo Bassey Eno
02.30-03.00: Executive Governor of Akwa Ubom State, His Excellency Pastor Umo Bassey Eno
His Excellency Peter Mbah
03.00-03.30: Executive Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency Peter Mbah
His Excellency Uba Sani
03.30-04.00: Executive Governor of Kaduna State, His Excellency Uba Sani
Executive Governor of Benue State, His Excellency Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Lormen Alia
His Excellency Ahmed Usman Ododo
04.30-05.00: Executive Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Ahmed Usman Ododo