• From left: GMD of First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc, Urum Kalu Eke; Sanwo-Olu; Akabueze; Ovia; Akpata; and Partner/Experience Centre Leader, PwC West Africa, Femi Osinubi, at the unveiling of the PwC Experience Centre in Lagos…yesterday.he Vice President, Prof.
Represented by the Director-General, Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, the vice president said the centre is in line with the administration’s plan to improve the ease of doing business, transform the economy and boost technology adoption. “The PwC Experience Centre is in line with the smart technology initiative of the government. As an administration, we recognise that Nigeria’s future does not lie in oil and gas but more in technology and innovation. This is anchored on moving the economy away from a resource-based to a people-based model. We must take this seriously going forward,” Osinbajo said.
Ovia, who chaired the event, said businesses stand a chance to triple growth rate and earnings through innovation and technology. The options are to “innovate and transform or die”, he said. He said the Centre is a product of new thinking, ading that the firm has again demonstrated its leadership role through the initiative.