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Welcome Address by Atedo N A Peterside (CON)

01 Mar. 2010 The Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Limited's Investors' Conference at The Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos; It is my utmost pleasure and indeed an honour to welcome such a distinguished gathering to Stanbic IBTC's 2010 Investors’ Conference. I would like to acknowledge the presence at this event, of various stakeholders in the Nigerian financial sector who have contributed immensely to the growth and development of our capital market. The Honourable Minister and Distinguished...

How to resolve the Political Impasse

12 Jan. 2010 Atedo N A Peterside OON published this Open Letter to the Federal Executive Council (“FEC”) in his capacity as a Member of the National Economic Management It is now over 7 weeks since President Yar 'Adua was rushed to Saudi Arabia for treatment. We know that the President did not sign and deliver to the Senate President and Speaker a declaration that he is either going on vacation or unable to discharge...

Introducing Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

31 Aug. 2009 Atedo N A Peterside OON, Chairman of Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria Plc issued this statement to international bankers at the Central Bank of Nigeria Town Hall meeting with international bankers at Andaz Hotel, 40 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 7QN. "Good Morning Ladies & Gentlemen, I stand before you this morning to introduce Mr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). From the time I became the founding...

Atedo Peterside to boycott CBN’s roundtable over Sanusi’s dethronement

Published on 15 March, 2020, in The Cable Online Newspaper Atedo Peterside, the founder of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, says he will not attend a forum organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria because he is displeased with the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II. The Kano state government announced Sanusi’s dethronement on Monday; replacing him with Aminu Ado Bayero. In a letter sent to Godwin Emefiele and seen by TheCable, Peterside said he cannot hide...

Building and Sustaining a Strong Economic future for Nigeria

Keynote Address delivered by Mr Atedo N. A. Peterside con on the occasion of the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit Anniversary Dinner in Abuja on 07 October, 2019 and as published in the Guardian Newspaper. I consider it a great honour and privilege to have been invited as the Keynote Speaker on the occasion of the Dinner to celebrate the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit here today in Abuja. The organisers told me they wanted a speaker...

Rivers Lives also Matter

Published as an advertorial by a group of Concerned Citizens of Rivers State on 18 March, 2019 in Businessday, Vanguard, Thisday, Guardian, The Nation and Daily Trust Newspapers 1) We the undersigned are concerned citizens and stakeholders of Rivers State.  2) We have watched with disbelief and horror recent violent incidents which occurred before, during and after the elections that were held in Rivers State on 23rd February, 2019 and 9th March, 2019. These incidents...

Things fall Apart, but is the President aware?

Anap Foundation has commissioned opinion polls for every presidential poll and many governorship polls since 2011. The results of the extensive polls conducted, on our behalf by NOI Polls, for the 2019 presidential election indicate that respondents who were undecided and/or unwilling to disclose their candidate (the Undecided) at the time of the poll (January ending) were a whopping 38 per cent of the total voters’ sample. The poll findings confirm that President Muhammadu Buhari...

Evolving Economy, Good Governance and Repositioning Nigeria

Being a Keynote Address Presented at the King’s College Old Boys’ Association (Abuja Branch) 1st Quarterly Dinner on Friday, 28th April, 2017 and Published in Cable online on Wednesday 03 May 2017 Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,  In what direction do we want our economy to evolve? I would guess we can all easily agree that we want rapid economic growth of the inclusive type which speedily reduces poverty because it also provides or contains safety...

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