ARTART 2024: Bolaji O. Akinyemi, Clerics, Professionals To Discuss Nigeria’s ‘Agbado’ Economy.ART

ART 2024: Bolaji O. Akinyemi, Clerics, Professionals To Discuss Nigeria’s ‘Agbado’ Economy.

By Shiloh O. Akinyemi

@shillypepper1

Apostolic Round Table is a project of Voice Of His Word Ministries, convened by its President, Apostle Dr. Bolaji O Akinyemi, a respected Apostle and leading voice of activism on nation-building.

ART in preparation for its annual conference, held a Press parley on Friday, 12th January 2024 at the conference room of The Express House off Jobi Fele Way, CBD Alausa, Ikeja.

The Conference Director, Apostle Gboyega Johnson, invited the public to the conference, emphasizing the need for the fourth estate of the realms and the intellectual community to own the conference. This he said became necessary to subject “The Seed Concept; Stewarding Monetary System For Wealth Creation”, a paper to be presented by the Convener on needed scrutiny at providing alternative ideas on how our economy should run.

The parley rolled off with Apostle Amanda Nwachukwu welcoming the media community to the event.

She introduced the table; Director of Organisation, Apostle Joy Osawaru-Akinyemi, Director of Conference Apostle Gboyega Johnson and Conference Secretary Apostle Princess Ngozi Oluwagbemiga.

Johnson took over from her and stated; that ART is the gathering of Apostles, in essence, those who are called for uncommon stewardship to humanity and are making marks to advance our society. ART Apostles’ are not limited to the pulpit of missions and ministry. ART accommodates Apostle in market places; of politics, business, and public governance.

The goal of ART 2024, was clearly stated without any form of ambiguity. *”Help for* *”Agbado”* *Economy and* *Tinubu Presidency”.*

He went further to wish all a happy 2024; at home and in the diaspora. “Beyond wishes and felicitations upon this first month of the year are intentional and deliberate action plans we must initiate to make this year count for us as individual citizens and collectively as a nation or continent”.

During the electioneering campaign towards the 2023 election, the then-presidential candidate of APC and now President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made many gaffes, one of which was recruiting 50 million youths into the army to end the fight against terrorism. 

On the surface, statistically, the President seems “wrong” but discerning and probing this philosophy we are convinced it is workable and we are inviting you to join hands with us to make it work for us.

In need of urgent employment is our idling workforce which can’t be less than 50 million youths.

The database of the population to determine what 7.2% of those aged 15-24 years & 4.2% of the labour force participation rate represents isn’t provided by the news story on the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics Website. However,

the 50 million Youths referenced by PBAT would be used to demonstrate how to deploy knowledge, understanding, and wisdom using the ‘agbado economy’ to create wealth.

The fight against terrorism is first against poverty, hunger, and illiteracy. The constituency provides an army of youth who are deceived in ignorance into believing they are fighting to advance their tribes or religions.

Truth be told, our experience with the triplets of our unfortunate confrontation viz poverty, hunger, and illiteracy, is nothing short of war!

Our Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces must be prepared to lead this battle from the front. I must admit that nothing much can be achieved without a constitutional reform that will provide the legal framework for the battle and will enforce the rules of engagement for the war!

Poverty of course has assumed a full-scale war in Nigeria, with 135 million people captured to its side as prisoners of war!

There can be no further delay to set them free. A hungry man is said to be an angry man because he has many mouths to feed. A hungry “Country” of 215 million people may set itself on fire out of frustrations occasioned by anger. This is what our tales have been and the story may not change until the capacity is developed to put food on the table for all Nigerians!

Our literacy rate of 62% means 38% of the citizens are held down to illiteracy; with 20 million vulnerable school-going children having no access to secular educational learning facilities.

A glimpse of the poverty and hunger data shows that 135 million citizens of the 215 million Nigerians are below the poverty line. 

Thus, the index of poverty, hunger, and illiteracy (Phi) amongst the citizens is truly alarming and requires an urgent nationwide action plan to address the prevailing Phi data.

What is the potency of our chances at building our economy with “Agbado”, Cassava, and “Garri” as proposed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

This question is what the Paper; The Seed Concept; *”Stewarding* *Monetary System* *for Wealth Creation”* will provide the answer to at the Apostolic Round Table 2024.

The dynamics of national development is for the government to develop the people and the People of their nations! 

No nation can develop above the capacity of its people. That is the philosophy driving ART.

At ART 2023, our Convener, Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi opined; that the need to view the leadership of Nigeria beyond service to our Nation and place before the audience the need to keep Africa in view. A pan-African leadership of the continent by Nigeria is sacrosanct and this must be impressed strongly on this administration! Hence our continental focus of ART 2024.

Our interest collectively as a continent should be how to place the wealth of the continent in the hands of our people to better their lives and develop our continent.

ART 2024 is another opportunity to talk and follow through with public action plans for citizens to create wealth for their happiness.

ART 2024 will be chaired by Pastor David Esosa Ize-Iyamu, one one-time Presidential candidate in one of our past elections.

 The paper to be presented by the Convener will be subjected to the scrutiny of astute Professionals from relevant fields of interest to help analyze for successful implementation. 

The first group, are experts in Monetary Policy Formulation and Implementation, the team consists of the trio of Prof Eunice Egbuna, Mr Jubrin Musa, and Mr Peter Okafor.

Our Team of Accounting Experts will be led by a Chartered Accountant with exposure in tax administration in the person of Pastor Fisayo Awogbade, the immediate past Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of Chattered Institute for Taxation of Nigeria, CITN.

Our Team of Development Economists will be led by Dr Haggai Haruna Gutap, PhD.

The legal spectacle of ART 2024 will be worn by Mr Jiti Ogunye who will lead us to take a look at the legal framework of our monetary system as presently constituted and propose a rejig where necessary.

Our Communique and Communication Team will be led by Professor Funmi Adesanya-Davies, a communication teacher of many years and a former Presidential Candidate. 

Elder Ayokunle Fagbemi is slated to also add value to the panel discussion. 

Chief Babatope Akinyele, the Saloro of Ido Ekiti, represented the political and business interests public at the press conference.

All that is needed to transform Africa is in just one seed of “Agbado”! As a Nigeria homegrown philosophy of wealth creation of the citizens for the citizens by the citizens.

Can we find one seed of Agbado in Nigeria? If we can, then we are on our way to developing capacity not just to feed ourselves but to feed the world and make wealth for 215 million people in Nigeria and by extension Africans to live happily here on earth!

We can’t therefore afford to sleep on this seed concept for wealth creation.

ART 2024 is an agenda to help the Federal Government of Nigeria deactivate the grievances of the latent social force that’s already bulging to an intolerable level

 The paper will be shared with Mr President, it will also be made public to all Nigerians and follow up with very strong and pragmatic public action advocacy!

This awareness is for Nigerians to know that as always, we have no reason for failure, we are committing ourselves. We all must be alerted of any move in the direction of failure and the need to deprive this government of another journey to it.

The new Ministry of Creative Economy at engaging the youths is an identification of the “Agbados” that our creative youths have become to the field of talent economy in the global market, getting seven (7) of our music icons on the nomination stage of Grammy due to their sheer hustle and energy is a proof of what the future holds for our country and continent through the world of music.

 ART 2024 will place at the fingertips of the Government what their involvement in the sector should be to get things better because the pace has been set by the practitioners themselves and the government must be reminded of the need to keep them in the lead while providing the push!

ART 2024 will help us Identify other potential seeds of “Agbado” in Nigeria like Funke Akindele in the creatives, that if their ideas (agbado) are planted and nurtured can make us great in just a circle of one year! Akindele is the only politician after the election who has gone back to her career to add over a billion naira value flow to our economy.

ART 2024 will, on behalf of Nigerians provide a practical model of wealth creation for all through the concept of one seed!

In One Man, is usually the One Seed needed to transform nations and generations. In you may be the seed of our national emancipation and continental deliverance. 

Are you the “Agbado” in whom the potential of our greatness depends as a nation? Come find out at ART 2024; Stewards Of Nations.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, it’s our pleasure to have you. We trust that you will make ART the news in the next week running, with that line, Apostle Gboyega Johnson, ended his Press briefing on behalf of ART Team and our Convener Dr. Bolaji O. Akinyemi, an Apostle and Nation Builder. The President of Voice Of His Word Ministries, the ministry whose project ART is.