The 28th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#28) being organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group(NESG) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning will set agenda for the incoming administration in 2023,a statement has said.
The group said the development has become imperative in view of numerous challenges confronting the country.
It explained that the summit would seek to refocus the minds of Nigerians on its developmental imperatives for the present and the future, as the sustainable growth of the Nigerian economy is constrained on many fronts.
It said that such constraints include the continuous free fall of Naira against the US Dollar and inflation which have neutralized all efforts towards poverty alleviation.
It added:”Additionally, most socio-economic trends wane as insecurity pervades every region in varying dimensions, threatening food security, school enrolment and the general safety of lives and properties. There is no gainsaying that the quality and will of the political leaders coupled with the overall cohesiveness and optimal functioning of the machinery and arms of government across the federation have a pivotal role to play in the reversal of Nigeria’s trajectory.
“It is in full awareness and sensitivity to the observed risk of losing sight of our developmental priorities as a nation and the momentum of reforms that the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning will convene stakeholders from the private sector, academia, public sector, development institutions, and civil societies to deliberate and identify the imperatives for a prosperous Nigeria. Hence NES #28 theme “2023 and Beyond: Priorities for shared prosperity”
The statement explained that the stakeholders at the Summit would deliberate on the key execution priorities for the incumbent government and the incoming leadership in 2023 through four sub-themes including: delivering macroeconomic stability for shared prosperity, investing in the future, unlocking the binding constraints to execution and reframing the agenda for transformational leadership
