President Tinubu To Speak On Information, Data At Paris Summit Thursday

President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will join other high-profile panelists on Thursday evening to speak at the ongoing New Global Financing Pact summit in Palais Brongniart, France.

The financial summit hosted by France seeks to establish a system that will be more responsive, just and inclusive.

According to a report published by The Nation, the President is among the panelists billed to speak for one hour between 1800 and 1900 hours.

The panel session titled: ‘Ensuring more reliable, comparable information and data’ will be moderated by Sylvie Goulard and Mark Carney.

Other panelists expected to be in the one-hour session event include David Craig, Co-Chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD); Mark Carney, Co-Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

Others are Mary Schapiro, Vice-Chair of Global Public Policy at Bloomberg; Sabine Mauderer, Vice-Chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System; and United Nations Special Envoy, Catherine Mckenna.

Tinubu arrived at the venue in the company of his Aide-de-Camp, Nurudeen Yusuf and was received by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and Europe, Catherine Colonna.

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina will also join another set of panellists to speak on ‘Debt and SDR-channelling: Where do we stand and how to go further?’

Also, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will discuss at the summit, the question ‘What are the consequences of the trade agenda’.