PROTOCOL. 1.It is my pleasure to be at this maiden edition of the AFF Conference in Nigeria, hosted by the Africa FinTech Foundry (AFF) and supported by Access Bank as well as other stellar names in the industry, including IBM and Microsoft. My sincere thanks to the organisers for inviting me. I believe it is important to identify with the AFF Disrupt Conference 2017 – which is the title of this edition – for its laudable objective of accelerating the growth of FinTech start-ups in

PROTOCOL. 1.My Distinguished Colleagues, it is wonderful to be in Katsina, the Home of Hospitality itself. I feel very welcome indeed, and it is particularly gratifying that the Northern Senators Forum Retreat is taking place in this historic city, a seat of leadership in Nigeria for centuries, as we come together to lay the groundwork for a more viable future for this region, and Nigeria as a whole. 2.My sincere gratitude to Your Eminence, Your Excellencies, Your Royal Majesties and Highnesses who have made it a

PROTOCOL. 1.Good morning and a warm welcome to you all. I wish to thank my Distinguished Colleagues, Honourable Ministers and Heads of Departments and Agencies, our civil society partners, our international partners, and members of the general public joining us at this all important forum. 2.Today’s Special Public Hearing on Youth Development and Empowerment has been a long time coming, and is intended to focus attention on job creation and entrepreneurship. It is a follow-up on, as well as an expansion of, the Youth Development Roundtable

PROTOCOL. 1.I am pleased to be here today for this all-important one-day Parliamentary Conference organised by the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) in collaboration with the ECOWAS Parliament and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). I commend the spirit of collaboration that has led to the organising of this conference, being held under the auspices of the NILS Capacity Building Project (NILS-CAP), which is jointly funded by the National Assembly and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). I fully expect that this same

PROTOCOL. 1.It is my pleasure to be at this 7th Annual NLPGA Conference and Exhibition on the theme: ‘National LPG Policy – Running an LPG Economy’. I thank the Governing Council and the entire members of the Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association for my invitation. 2.I congratulate the organisers on the theme, which speaks to the present national reckoning in terms of economic focus. For if indeed we are serious about the need to diversify our economy beyond lip service, we must wean our economy off

PROTOCOLS. 1.Good morning, Distinguished Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. It was in 1985 that the first HIV case was recorded in Nigeria, with the diagnosis of a young girl known as Mary. Since then, we have lost Nigerians of every stripe to the disease - a veritable sea of humanity. And today, our country has the second largest burden of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the world. One out of every three children born with HIV in the world today is a Nigerian. 2.And yet, only one out

PROTOCOL. 1.It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this Public Hearing by the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, on the National Orientation Agency Act Cap N100 LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2017 (SB.333), which seeks to provide a legal framework for the activities of the Global Initiative for Harmony in Nigeria Corps, under the supervision of the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency. 2.Nigeria currently faces a disturbing level of violence, mutual suspicion amongst ethnic groups, hate speeches on the social media and

PROTOCOL. 1.I am very delighted to be at this Special Government Meets Business Dinner and Award Night. My thanks to the Governing Council of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria for my invitation as Special Guest of Honour and Special Awardee at this occasion. I understand that the award being conferred on my humble self tonight, has actually been on the pedestal since its approval last year. Better late than never, as they say. I thank you for this honour marinated in patience. 2.Just yesterday, I

PROTOCOLS 1.It is a special pleasure to be with you today at the 2017 Excellence in Public Service Awards. I thank the organisers of this event, BusinessDay Media Limited, for inviting me. It is indeed an honour to be addressing you today. Thank you all very much. I also wish to congratulate the organisers on the calibre of eminent persons gathered here this evening, which to my mind speaks volumes as to the integrity and credibility of this event. 2.The commitment of the BusinessDay Media Limited