Event Description

Posted Wed, May 27, 2020 7:04 AM

Timeframe: Wed, Jun 17, 2020 7:00 PM - Wed, Jun 17, 2020 7:00 PM

Impact of COVID-19 on the Nigerian mining industry – opportunities and strategies for recovery and transformation

This Webinar provides mining stakeholders the following opportunities:

1. Examining the issues raised by COVID19 and its effects on the global and national mining and minerals industry and value chains
2. Assessing and discussing what the sector needs to do for the short-term recovery and post-crisis period in terms of preparedness, responsiveness, and readiness
3. Incorporating the effects of COVID-19 and its opportunities into charting a rapid transformation of the mining industry as well as catalysing the sector for broad-based development in the long term. 

Keynote Speaker: Architect Olamilekan Adegbite, Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development

PANELLISTS

• Alhaji Kabir Mohammed Kankara, Chairman, Miners Association of Nigeria
• Dr Abdulrazak Garba, Director General, Nigerian Geological Survey Agency
• Dr Godknows Njowa, Mining and Valuations Specialist Executive Director, Energy and Natural Resources Technical team, Transaction Advisory Services (TAS), Ernst and Young, Cape Town, South Africa
• Amira Adamu Waziri, Technical Assistant to the Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development
• Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI
• Mr. Eustace Onuegbo, President and Chief Consultant of the International Network for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR)
• Dr Tochukwu Nwachukwu, an economist, public policy expert, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Preston Consults Limited

Moderator

Amanda-Lumun Feese, Thematic Lead, Mining Thematic