Wale Edun, Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, has announced the eight-point agenda that the Bola Tinubu-led administration plans to employ to improve the difficult economic situation.
The administration has identified eight key priority areas, including food security, economic growth, utilising human resources by focusing on inclusivity, women, and youths, as well as rule of law and anti-corruption, according to the minister who made the disclosure on Friday at a briefing in Abuja.
According to Edun, the various ministers’ performance would be reviewed on a regular basis so Nigerians may witness their accomplishments.
He stated, “This is to give you elements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s vision and his strategy for the economy and his plan to give a better economy and a better life to Nigerians.
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“Tinubu has pointed out the 8 priority areas where he is going to take Nigeria and his key priorities are to improve the lives of Nigerians by providing food security by ending poverty. His plan for the economy is economic growth job creation, access to capital particularly consumer credit that makes growth affordable to the average Nigerian.
“He is concerned about utilizing our human resources by focusing on inclusivity, women youth, making all have the opportunity to come to the table and contribute to the growth of the economy and the society and likewise by focusing on the society, by focusing on the rule of law and anti-corruption. He intends to create, a safer, a clearer playing field for all.”
“We all know we are not where we should be. The economy is growing barely above the rate of population growth but it was not always so.”
“What that points to is that we have a situation where if government doesn’t have the money, it needs to facilitate and allow private funding and other sources of funding such as foreign direct investments and domestic investments by Nigerians in all areas,” he said.
