Prof Kingsley Moghalu
Address
By Adekunle Williams
Lagos, Dec. 10, 2025 (NAN) A former CBN Deputy Governor, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu will deliver a keynote address at the Conference of Speakers and Presidents of African Legislatures (CoSPAL) on securing the African Economy’s Future in Rabat, Morocco.
The Secretary-General of the pan-African organisation, Dr Dapo Oyewole, made this known in a letter of invitation to Mogbalu in Lagos on Wednesday.
Oyewole added that Mogbalu would address the CoSPAL’s third General Assembly on the structural vulnerabilities of African economies in light of global economic transformations.
He added that the former deputy governor would also examine legislative instruments necessary to drive industrialisation and secure Africa’s economic sovereignty.
The secretary general said the conference was scheduled to take place from Dec. 12 to Dec. 14.
Oyewole said the CoSPAL assembly, hosted by the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco, would convene on the theme: “Legislative Leadership and Parliamentary Diplomacy in a Changing Global Order”.
He said: “Moghalu, who is also the President, IGET Academy is invited to address the CoSPAL High Level Dialogue on Friday on the topic “Securing Africa’s Economy for the Future: The Role of Legislative Leadership”.
“As the global order undergoes profound transformation, the High-Level Dialogue provides a platform for some of Africa’s and the world’s foremost experts to engage with legislative leaders on critical issues shaping Africa’s future.
“In recognition of your expertise in governance, economic transformation and institutional leadership, we would be honored to have you deliver an address.
“This is titled: “Securing Africa’s Economy for the Future: The Role of Legislative Leadership.”
Oyewole said Moghalu is a global leader, renowned political economist, former presidential candidate, and a distinguished international speaker.
He said Moghalu served as CBN’s deputy governor from 2009 to 2014, subsequently held senior teaching faculty and research roles at Tufts and Oxford Universities, and served as Inaugural president and vice-chancellor of the African School of Governance in Kigali, Rwanda.
Prior, he had a 17-year career in the United Nations system, rising to the highest career bracket of Director.
He is the Founder, Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET Academy), a public policy think tank that provides executive education to Africa’s political, institutional and business leaders and their international partners.
He is also the Founder of Sogato Strategies, a Washington DC-based risk and business intelligence advisory firm.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CoSPAL is an indigenous pan-African inter-parliamentary organisation established in 2020.
The organisation is a unifying body for legislative leadership of African member parliaments to devise legislative solutions that address Africa’s challenges.
It has 25 member parliaments of African countries represented by their Speakers/Presidents. Members include: Algeria, Benin Republic, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya.
Others are Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, is the current Chairman of CoSPAL. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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