Development plans by the federal government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to complete an eight-point agenda in three years have received support from the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, said recently that the Federal Executive Council had chosen eight priority areas to deliver for Nigerians in the next three years. The meeting was the first to be held under the presidency of the FEC.
Dr Tayo Aduloju, the Chief Executive Officer of NESG, responded to the situation on Tuesday by stating that if rigorously carried out, the federal government’s disclosed plans will get the country out of the woods.
Aduloye asked the new ministers to utilise the ensuing three months to reevaluate and improve the strategies that would put the country’s economy on a successful course.
According to him:
“We urge the cabinet to use the opportunity of the mid-point review of the National Development Plans and the Sustainable Development Goals to recalibrate the country for success, complete the finetuning of policies and repositioning of institutions in the next three months so that the next three years are spent in execution mode, not review mode.”
In the same vein, Mr Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, Director-General of NECA, asked the government to maintain adequate coordination in order to carry out the agenda that was set forth.
He stated:
“We urge that strong coordination efforts should be put in place to avoid it being caught up in inter-ministerial misalignments and narrow implementation as witnessed in past administrations.”
cc: Daily Post Ng
