Outdoor Advertising Forum Holds In Lagos

THE annual forum of Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) with the theme, 'Outdoor Advertising Regulation and Control in Nigeria' will be holding in Lagos on Friday, July 6, 2012.The forum, which will be declared open by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Aminu Tambuwal, will also feature Chief Tony Idigbe asLead Speaker.The 2012 Advertising forum, according to APCON's Governing Council Chairman, Mr. Lolu Akinwunmi, will review the outdoor practice and regulatory environment with the aim of identifying specific areas and charting the way forward.'Constitutional and statutory provisions on the regulation of outdoor advertising present areas of conflict among the various tiers and agencies of government which require consensus resolution and perhaps a legislative reconciliation,' the Chairman said.Speaking on the planned forum, APCON's Registrar,Alhaji Garba Bello Kankarofi, explained that Advertising Stakeholders from the various sectors of the industry, officials of various tiers and agencies of government in Nigeria, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, some State Governors and members of the National Assembly, the National Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria(ALGON), Ozo Nwabueze Okafor and all parties involved in outdoor advertising business in Nigeria are expected as participants at the event.He noted that the outcome of the forum would inform APCON's new policy and regulation on the operations and practice of Out-of-home advertising in the country.The forum will be chaired by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information, Enyinnanya Abaribe.
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