Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has been invited to deliver the 2024 edition of The Bullion Lecture.
The lecture is scheduled for 10 a.m., on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos. The theme of the lecture is ‘Human Capital Development as Catalyst for Nigeria’s Prosperity.’
Obi has been a high-ranking professor for 15 years with over 60 publications to her credit in both local and international peer-reviewed journals of high repute. She has supervised over 30 Postgraduate Diploma projects, 14 master’s degree theses and nine doctoral dissertations, and has so far assessed 16 persons for professorial positions.
She has been in academia for more than three (3) decades and has been an external examiner, assessor and visiting professor to several universities within and beyond the shores of Nigeria. Obi was Commissioner, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, and a member of Cross River State Executive Council.
In a statement in Lagos, Founder/Chief Executive Officer (CED) of Centre for Financial Journalism, Dr. Ray Echebiri, the organisers of The Bullion Lecture, said: “We are excited to have Prof. Obi, a human capital development expert, deliver the 8th edition of The Bullion Lecture series on an issue that is central to our country’s prosperity.”.
Recalling that the Federal Government recently set up a committee to drive human capital development in the country, Echebiri said that Obi’s presentation at the lecture will be forwarded to the committee as a very vital input.
