Church holds ‘The Round Table Lekki’ May 2

The Church of God Mission International, Garden City, Victoria Island Zone Lagos State is holding ‘The Roundtable Lekki’ to empower people on May 2 in the church’s auditorium but beamed online to a global audience.

The Roundtable Lekki, which is now in its second year, is a platform for networking, business development, information sharing, and joint discussion on opportunities in the real estate sector with the sole aim of empowering people.

The free event, which has the theme: ‘Current Trends for financing Real Estate Transactions, is expected to be attended by about 5000 participants physically and online, both within and outside the country

Addressing newsmen on the forthcoming event, the The Convener, Rev. Chris Ubamadu, disclosed that real estate developers, land vendors, land owners, realtors, real estate agents, service providers, lawyers, support companies, financiers, mortgage firms, government officials, and other key industry players will grace the occasion.

Ubamadu also disclosed that the Special Adviser (Housing) to Gov. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka will give a special address at the event.

It would be recalled that the maiden edition of The Roundtable Lekki in 2021 had the Lagos State Commissioner for Urban Development in attendance. Other speakers present were developers, practitioners, real estate companies who showcased their products and services. The successes traced to the inaugural edition included huge sales for people, business partnerships established, some participants started businesses while others got jobs.

Explaining further on the event, Ubamadu stated: “We are all aware of the situation of the country as it relates to people’s ability to eke a living and live a decent life. When we met last year, we discussed the issues of insecurity and inflation and most of the indices we discussed are getting worse.

“We are at a phase of learning to live with it. All of these come to affect individual’s pocket and the implication is increment in social vices, crime, frustration, suicide, homelessness, and infrastructure not enough to go round, the list is endless of how chaotic things have become. Brain drain does not look like an issue now but in the next 5, 10 years, every doctor that leaves will be felt.’

“‘The Roundtable Lekki’ this year is focused on real estate because of the axis we are in, and beautifully real estate is a sector that houses a lot of hope for Nigerians with meaningful income. Real estate is huge. It has a huge value chain – development, agency, sale of building materials, and management of estate, among others.

The Convener who is also the Zonal Coordinator of the Conference explained why the CGMI is into addressing social issues: “We are a church; so, you will think what our business is with the socio-economic condition in Nigeria. We may join the bandwagon to make analysis but we have made a decision as a socially responsible organization and as a church that is conscious of its role as a light to the world to empower people”.

Speaking on the essence of The Roundtable Lekki, Chief Operations Officer, Xtreme Mindz Solutions Ltd, Mr. John Obasi, stated: ‘The whole concept of this initiative is to impact the society. We want the people to focus on the things that are positive. Real estate is a platform to engage. It has so many opportunities. It is an ecosystem. We want to show people what real estate is about.’

Mr. Obasi further said: “We as an agency have decided to be part of this journey. We are proud to be part of the Roundtable Lekki to present our expertise. Xtreme Mindz Solutions is known to be experts of marketing communications and we cut across many industries.’

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