The place to be on
Monday, June 20, 2016 is the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, on
Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos and the event you just have to
attend is the 5th Annual YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine Lecture/Cocktail Party.
The high-profile
event which keeps getting better and better will this year feature Dr. Gabriel
Ogbechie, MD/CEO of Rainoil Limited, as the Guest Speaker; Barrister Taiwo
Adeoluwa, Secretary to the Ogun State Government, as the Guest of Honour and
Dr. (Mrs.) Nike Akande, former Minister of Industry and President, Lagos
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as the Chairperson.
Dr. Ogbechie, a
respected businessman and one of the biggest players in the oil sector, will be
discussing the topic – Running A Successful Business In Nigeria: My Experience.
Billed to begin at
exactly 11am, with an opening prayer by Apostle Anselm Madubuko of the Revival
Assembly Church, prior to the annual lecture which had in the past attracted
the likes of Mr. Biodun Shobanjo of Troyka Holdings, Mr. Udeme Ufot of SO&U
Advertising, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh of Zinox Computers, Mr. Lolu Akinwunmi of Prima
Garnet, Sir Steve Omojafor of STB McCann, Prof. Pat Utomi of CVL to mention but
few, there would be the unveiling of YES CLASSICS – an all-colour, no-gossip
special magazine parading their best interviews in the year under review. This
exercise will be professionally handled by one Nigeria's best broadcasters and
MD of BISCON Communications, Prince Bisi Olatilo.
Short remarks will
also be made by Emeka Oparah of Airtel, Tunde Braimoh of the Lagos State House
of Assembly and two Information and Strategy Commissioners, Steve Ayorinde of
Lagos and Dayo Adeneye of Ogun. Plus Mr. Wole Arisekola of The Street Journal.
The exponent of
class act, the multi-talented Basorge Tariah (aka Do Good), is going to be the
compere while rave crooner, Harrysong and DJ Jimmy Jatt will ensure that there
will be no dull moments all through the 4-hour programme.
Commenting on the
event, YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Azuh Arinze,
stated that it's going to be a remarkable and memorable day. “This is the fifth
edition, so people should expect the injection of some fresh ideas into the
programme. However, and for now, I wouldn't want to unfold them yet. This
edition, no doubt, will be an improvement on the previous ones in terms of
everything”.
On what actually prompted
the programme in the first instance, Azuh said “it's our own little way of
encouraging entrepreneurship…I mean, let's face facts, government alone can't
employ everybody. YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine also can't employ everybody.
Therefore, what we are doing with the lecture every year or trying to achieve
every year is to encourage more people by getting those who have really
excelled in entrepreneurship to come and enlighten, encourage and educate them
on how they did it and are still doing – because success, you must not forget,
is a journey, not a destination.
“Nobody has
attended any of our lectures and remained the same; according to what they’ve
told me. And I know that this one won't be an exception. We are ready to go and
can't wait for that day…”
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