- The Nigerian government is set to launch a new national policy development to improve the business environment
- The policy would encourage a consistent growth of the non oil sector, the office of the government of the federation has said
- According to the OGF, the new policy will help generate inputs that would assist government to rejig service delivery to the people
The federal government has said it will host a national policy development summit to improve the business environment and encourage a consistent growth of the non oil sector.
The office of the government of the federation said the summit which is in its maiden edition would review the Change Agenda of the federal government with a view to highlighting successes recorded, challenges and lessons learnt in the past four years of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
The senior special assistant to the president on policy development and analysis, Ibrahim Hassan, speaking in Abuja said the summit, titled the National Policy and Development (N-POD) will help generate inputs that would assist government to rejig service delivery to the people.
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Hassan said: "President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office with a promise of "change" amidst plethora of challenges that pose existential threat to Nigerians and Nigeria."
"With no easy way out of the inherited challenges, the government was confronted with two choices and the choice were either the government does the right things to re-position the country and deliver services to the country or do the wrong and deepen the suffering of Nigerians.
"The government choose the former, hence the focus on securing the country and the the purpose of the summit.
"Since the federal government's change agenda is a journey with growth and development as the ultimate goals, there is need for a review of the journey so far.
"To this end, we want to communicate the milestones that have been covered, analyse the challenges encountered in the course of implementing the various policies of government and of course plan for a better future better future," Hassan said.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has launched a national campaign against fake news across the nation.
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Speaking at a world press conference in Abuja, on Wednesday, July 11, the minister said the initiative was borne out of the need to ensure the dissemination of fake news does not result to severe consequences for Nigeria.
Mohammed said the phenomenon is a time bomb that can detonate with deadly consequences if left unchecked.
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