Sir Steve Omojafor, Prof. Pat Utomi and Mr. Rele Baale will on Tuesday, March 24, lead discussions at the fourth edition of the Verdant Zeal Marketing Communications Ltd ‘Innovention Series’ with the topic, “The Role of Innovation in Creating New Agenda for National Development”.
Omojafor is the former chairman of the Board of Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc and onetime President of the Association of Advertising Practitioners of Nigeria (AAAN), while Utomi is a two time presidential candidate at the 2007 and 2011 Nigeria’s Presidential elections and Founder, Centre for Values and Leadership. Baale is the director, Business School, Netherlands Nigeria.
Omajafor, who will chair the function scheduled to hold at the Civic Centre, Lagos, will deliver the Keynote Address, while Utomi will be delivering the lead paper as the guest speaker. Baale, alongside Mr. Chris Uwaje, who pioneered the Conceptualisation Framework and Content Drafting Strategy for the Establishment of the National Information Technology Development Policy for Nigeria. Nigeria’s award winning film Producer and Director, Mr. Kunle Afolayan and the General Editor, Daily Sun Newspapers, Mrs Funke Egbemode will join the discourse as panel discussants.
Speaking about the event which will be moderated by the General Manager, Operations, Channels Television, Mr. Kayode Akintemi, The Group Managing Director, Verdant Zeal Marketing Communications Ltd, Mr. Tunji Olugbodi, stated that the lecture series, which has become an annual event, seeks to bring together major stakeholders in both the private and public sector towards charting a course on issues identified to be germane to the nation’s growth and development.
In its eight years of operations, Verdant Zeal Marketing Communications Ltd registered a bold industry presence when it in 2013 became the first Nigeria indigenous marketing communications firm to acquire firms and open stores in Ghana and Gambia. It has been described by industry players and analysts as having made great impact in the industry within its considerable young age of existence.
