Shonekan lauds Jonathan over implementation of NESG recommendations Former Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan, has lauded the bold decision taken by President Goodluck Jonathan in approving the recommendations made by Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, during its recent annual summit conference. Shonekan who spoke at the commissioning of the newly built NESG Summit House in Lagos, said government’s proactive measures in acknowledging and implementing the recommendations is a sure way of building a better society and described government’s action as a step in the right direction towards repositioning the economy. He described NESG a credible think tank group that has helped in developing the nation by monitoring government policies and coming up with realistic recommendations and at the same time worked in attracting government action towards such recommendations. Some of the highlighted recommendations that have made progress came from previous summits on “Growing Agriculture as a Business to Diversify Nigeria’s economy” with Draft bill on “Growth Enhancement Scheme, bill for the National Policy, progress in the creation of commodity exchange driven by Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment and investments by the private and public sector in enhancing agricultural growth with funding support from the International Financial Institutions.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:07:35 +0000
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