Mrs. Olubunmi Fayokun is the Chairman Nigerian Bar Association, NBA- Section on Business Law, SBL, Committee on Capital Market. The committee has lined-up programmes for the SBL conference, slated for May 25 to 27 in Lagos. In this interview, she speaks on the conference and some national issues.

The oil and gas sector is the major source of revenue generation for Nigeria’s economy. The sector is always in the news for reasons ranging from lack of transparency by those managing the sector to the activities of multinational oil companies. Recently, President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed that $1billion is needed to tackle oil theft in the country, even as he read riot act to oil thieves

“Nigeria is not a poor country”, President Goodluck Jonathan declared earlier this month in response to a World Bank report which listed Nigeria among the five poorest countries in the world. The claim is wrong and misleading

The recent rebasing of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which makes Nigeria the largest economy in Africa, has generated increased interest in the Lagos International Trade Fair, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has disclosed.

The chairman Dangote group of companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is to invest 250million US Dollars in the proposed Sugar factory acquired by his company which is located in Kaugama local government area of Jigawa state.