The Director General (DG), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has expressed optimisim that enormous opportunities abounds in green economy for a sustainable economic development.
Agama stated this to confirm his attendance as a guest speaker at the forth coming 3rd National Conference, Summit being out together by Oriental News Nigeria, themed ” Green Economy, Sustainable Growth and Infrastructure Transformation,” and scheduled to take place on July 25th , 2024, at Radisson Blue GRA Ikeja, Lagos.
The DG at the event would be x-raying key policies and options available in the country’s drive to strengthen her national economy while aligning with global push towards promoting green economy.
According to the DG: ” Opportunities in green economy are linked to the enormous possibilities for sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, ecotourism, and coastal development.”
The Publisher, Oriental News Nigeria, Yemisi Izuora, while speaking on the theme of the summit explained that, economies around the world have been experiencing a protracted slowdown driven by structural, global, and cyclical factors. While economic strategies that have been implemented to tackle recession and achieve rapid economic development have endangered sustainable growth thereby contributing to environmental degradation, global warming, and other negative repercussions.
She noted that a paradigm shift to a green economy will boost natural capital stocks, safeguard the environment, and ensure social justice, which would provide practical tools and approaches to achieve sustainable growth while reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.
Izuora further affairmed that, a transition to green economy, however, tackles the challenges such as a lack of an appropriate policy framework, inadequate capital expenditure, varying levels of development, and resource endowments headlong.
” For green sustainable development, newer business models, strategic changes and innovation in the use of resources, responsible and cleaner business practices, and green technologies are needed,” she said.
The conference will bring together, researchers, eminent practitioners, and policymakers from across the country who will form part of the plenary (Round-Table) session that will deliberate on the latest findings on practices and policies for a green economy and sustainable growth through strategic change, and identify priorities for action by stakeholders to pursue the most promising policies and practices.
The conference will also serve as a venue for exchange of information, shared experiences, collaborate, and develop management answers to pressing business issues, for academic peers.
