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Nigeria’s Path to $1 Trillion: CBN, Finance Ministry Join Forces at FIBOP
By prince Benson Davies
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Ministry of Finance are teaming up with technocrats from various sectors for the 2025 National Finance and Business Online Publishers (FIBOP) conference. This strategic gathering aims to explore ways to achieve Nigeria’s ambitious goal of reaching a $1 trillion economy by leveraging technology innovations, tax reforms, and opportunities in renewable energy and agriculture. The conference is scheduled for October 18th-19th, 2025, at Orchid Hotels in Lekki, Lagos.
Arrangements are in top gear to ensure that the regulators and the technocrats from across all sectors of the economy attend the loading FIBOP 2025 conference scheduled to be held on October 18th to 19th, 2025, at Orchid Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
Themed “Leveraging Technology Innovations, Tax Reforms, and Opportunities in Renewable Energy and Agriculture to Achieve $1 Trillion Economy”, the conference provides a platform to tinker and hone strategies that will boost the economy.
More specifically, the conference aims to explore ways to achieve a $1 trillion economy by diversifying operations beyond oil, adapting technology, fostering innovation, investing in renewable energy, insurance, agriculture, and services, and collaborating with the government to implement reforms and address macroeconomic challenges.
According Charles Onwuatogwu, FiBOP, President, the conference is a “must attend’ for leading technocrats operating in the economy”
” With the support and commitments from many companies and financial institutions , we are very optimistic that the conference will record huge success.
He averred that many high-profile dignitaries, including the Minister of Finance and coordinating Minister of the economy, Mr.Wale Edun, Minister of Environment, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, Chairman/CEO of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commissioner for Insurance and CEO of the National Insurance Commission, and CEOs of Fintech companies and renewable energy firms amongst others.
Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee, Mr Godson Ikoro said:
The Finance and Business Online Publishers (FiBOP) 2025 Conference aims to achieve several key outcomes, among which are a clear plan for securing successful mutual accountability and investment plans, which could be crucial for Nigeria’s economic growth and development, particularly in areas of technology innovations, tax reforms, renewable energy, and agriculture.
The conference will also provide networking opportunities for attendees to connect with industry leaders, policymakers, and other stakeholders, potentially leading to new partnerships and collaborations.
The conference will provide a platform for experts to share knowledge and best practices in finance, business, and online publishing, which could help improve the overall quality of economic reporting and decision-making.
It will also provide growth strategies to achieve a $1 trillion economy by diversifying operations beyond oil, adapting technology, fostering innovation, and investing in renewable energy, insurance, agriculture, and services,” he said.
Further more, conference sponsors have a wide range of benefits, including a 30-minute presentation, press interviews, media promotion, display of their organization’s backdrop and logo, and inscription of your logo on souvenirs and publicity materials.
The Finance and Business Online Publishers (FIBOP) is a registered body of online publishers dedicated to promoting informed and balanced reporting of economic events and activities, contributing to the growth and development of the Nigerian economy and the continent of Africa.
