Covenant University played host to the fifth edition of the National Budget Round-Table Discussion, themed, ‘National Budgeting and Digitalisation for Sustainable Development in Africa: The Nigerian Experience.’ INDEPENDENT reports.Information Guide Nigeria
The event which was held recently at the Covenant University Centre for Research Innovation and Discoveries (CUCRID), was a collaborative event between Covenant University Centre for Physical and Development Research (CRPDRE) and the University of Warwick UK and had the Statistician General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Semiu Adeniran, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics, represented by Dr. Mustapha Daramola, and other dignitaries in attendance.
While making his opening remarks at the event, the Vice Chancellor of Covenant University, Professor Abiodun H. Adebayo, stressed the importance of Covenant’s collaboration with Warwick University and acknowledged the role of Warwick’s Academic Director for Africa, Professor Franklyn Lisk, who is a representative of Warwick at the event.NYSC Portal
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Speaking on the theme of the event, the Vice-Chancellor, noted that the Nigerian budget is one of the highest ever spent, citing far-reaching implications such as sourcing for loans from external platforms, most of which would be used to service debt repayment. Professor Adebayo stated that innovative solutions and the digitalisation of processes would yield many benefits to the Nigerian economy.JAMB Result
Responding to the remarks of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebayo, the representative of the first Keynote Speaker of the event, Prince Adeyemi Semiu Adeniran, the Statistician General of the Federation and the Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Mustapha Daramola, assured that the government since its realisation is steadily collecting data to monitor the progress and implementation of digital processes in Nigeria.
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