DAY I
8:00 – 8:45 Registration
8:45 – 9:00 Guests seated
MORNING SESSION – OPENING CEREMONY
9:00 – 9:15 | – National Anthem/Introduction of Guests | |
9:15 – 9:30 | – Opening Statements | – Mr. Kayode Soyinka, Publisher, Africa Today |
9:30 – 10:30 | – Opening Remarks | – By Mr. Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, President, ECOWAS Commission Minister of Trade Minister of Finance Minister, National Planning |
10:30 – 11:00 | – Good will Messages | Sir Shridath Ramphal Sir Ronald Sanders |
11:00 – 11:30 | – Photo Session/Guests Depart | |
11.30 – 12.00 | - Coffee Break |
12:00 | – Guests seated |
12:10 – 12:30 | – Keynote Address: ECOWAS-EU EPA: AN OVERVIEW Professor Ademola Oyejide, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Ibadan and Chairman, Center for Trade and Development Initiatives (CTDI), Ibadan |
12:30 – 12:50 | A Stakeholder’s View Point: EPA-CET – A contradiction in terms? By Mr. Rasheed Olaoluwa, Managing Director, Bank of Industry, Lagos |
12:50 – 1:10 | EPA – The Manufacturers’ Concern By Dr Frank S. U. Jacobs, President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) |
1.10 : 2.10 | Keynote Address – EPA: THE CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE AND ADVICE FOR NIGERIA & ECOWAS Sir Ronald Sanders, Member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group |
2:20 – 2:50 | – Plenary Discussion |
2:50 – 3:20 | - Questions and Answers Session |
3:20 – 3:40 | – Special Guest’s Remarks Sir Shridath Ramphal, Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth |
4:00 | END DAY I |
DAY II
8:00 – 8:45 Registration continues
MORNING SESSION |
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8:45 - 9:00 | Introduction of Guests |
9:00 - 10:00 | Morning Speakers Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service - Mr. Dikko I. Abdullahi (CFR) Commissioner for Trade, ECOWAS European Union Trade Representative Ken Ukaoha Esq - President, National Association of Nigerian Traders |
10:00 – 11:00 | Plenary Discussions |
11:00 – 11:30 | Questions and Answers Session |
11:30 – 11:50 | Special Session on Bank of Industry |
11:55 – 12:30 | |
12:30 – 12:45 | Special Remarks Closing Remarks – Kayode Soyinka, Publisher, Africa Today |
LUNCH & OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF SIR SHRIDATH RAMPHAL’S MEMOIRS | |
13:00 - | Official Launch of the Memoirs of Sir Shridath Ramphal Minister of Foreign Affairs Closing ceremony/Photo Session |