IN a bid to set an agenda to revive the economy owing the new government in place, the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) will hold its 17th Annual International Business Law Conference in Lagos

The Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee and Treasurer of the council, Mrs Ayoyinka Olajide-Awosedo disclosed this yesterday at a press briefing held in Lagos.

In her welcome address, Olajide-Awosedo said that the conference themed, “The Nigeria Business Landscape-Priorities of Law, Policy and Regulation,” was aimed at exploring recent developments in the Nigerian business law environment.

She said the conference, which will hold on July 5 to 7 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos is to set agenda to revive the economy owing the new government in place.

“The conference will also focus on what regulations are pertinent to revive our economy in order to encourage investors to attract talents.

“As lawyers, there are plethora of laws that affect the economy and so we want to sit in the room with all the relevant stakeholders, industries regulators, policies makers and look at how to move our economy forward. Looking at the impact of technology, we will look on how Nigeria can peg herself with the developed countries.

“Outside of the sessions and networking opportunities, we have regulatory clinic and we will be sponsoring 25 young lawyers to attend the conference,”

Also, Olajide-Awosedo said that the conference aimed at exploring recent developments in the Nigerian business law environment, how it had affected businesses and what needed to be done to help businesses thrive.

According to her, numerous activities had been set aside to grace the annual conference among which was “lawyers got talent competition” and the winner would get cash price.

She added that the conference provided a platform for stakeholders in the Nigerian business environment to address the issues that affected the business environment and by extension, businesses operating in it.

For the Chairman of NBA-SBL, Dr Adeoye Adefulu, in his remark, said that the council had keen interest and has made various landmark successes in developing the economy of the country.

He said experts from the public and private sectors, business lawyers and other stakeholders in the business law environment would converge to discuss how the regulations of the economic sector would be revived.

“We have a regular regulatory interventions we shall be working with and we have also arranged internships programmes for lawyers with regulatory agencies as well,” he said.

The Chairman, Program and Content Sub Committee, Mr. Oludare Sembore, said that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, would be the special guest of honor and chief host while many other dignitaries around the world in the economy sector would also grace conference.

“The NBA President, Mr Yakubu Maikyau, (SAN) and other senior members of the legal profession will also be in attendance. Other senior members of the bar, the bench and the chief economist from KPMG will also be in attendance.

“We shall also be having international speakers such as Dr. Folashade Adeyemo, an assistant professor in University of Liverpool and Dr. Timi Popoola, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Ltd are also part of the panelists.”