The Chairman of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum, and Governor of Sokoto State, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that the National Economic Summit Group, NESG, has saved the country from economic ruins.
He spoke at the NGF secretariat in Abuja where a delegation of the NESG led by its Director-General,Mr Laoye Jaiyeola paid him a courtesy call early in the week,a statement from Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat,said.
Addressing the delegation on the 2022 edition of the summit, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal encouraged them to continue to hold such conversations to excite awareness, productivity and accountability among Nigerians.
According to him,as the country approaches a transition such conversations have become necessary to set an agenda that would influence decisions on the future of the country.
He reiterated the import of the partnership between the NGF and the NESG, saying they both play very strong roles that add value in helping heal the economy.
He pledged his total support to the Group and promised to deploy his position as Chairman of the NGF to galvanise the rest of the governors into supporting the summit.
The NESG is inviting Governor Tambuwal to provide his perspective on the resource constraints in the delivery of primary healthcare across states and challenges faced with the acquisition and management of funds for the Basic Health Care Provision Fund, BHCPF, at the subnational level.
The occasion comes up on the 14th and 15th of November 2022 in Transcorp Hilton Abuja.
Four other Governors have been invited to sit as panellists at various stages of the Summit. They include Kaduna’s Nasiru El Rufai, Gombe’s Inuwa Yahya, Edo’s Godwin Obaseki and Governor Chukuma Soludo of Anambra State.
Speaking through Dr Tayo Aduloju, its Chief Operating Officer,NESG said domestic resource mobilisation remains one of the key drivers of fiscal viability and stability and is therefore inviting Soludo as a Professor of Economics and with his experience as a former Central Bank Governor, to share his perspectives on strategies for mobilising capital from within and outside Nigeria.
The Edo State governor will share his perspectives on the cruciality of human capital development and its multiplier effect on the economy, the Gombe governor will speak about sharing innovative approaches to improving business environments, particularly for MSMEs.
He will also speak on how this achievement can be leveraged to drive capital formation/importation from within and outside, while el-Rufai will speak on how the federal government can continue to play the important role of protecting the basic rights of all citizens in the country especially those beyond the capacity of States, and how state governments can best take on the problems that are truly local while sitting on the table of national discourse,the statement said.