Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has promised the youths that this Government would remain steadfast in its effort to ensure greater progress
and prosperity for them.
But the president added that “While Government is taking the lead in the task of repositioning our economy for Change, we cannot achieve this completely by ourselves.”
“We will need, and we ask for the support and cooperation of the private sector’s domestic and foreign investors, the States and Local Governments, the National Assembly and the Judiciary as well as all well-meaning Nigerians in this important task. We are confident that working together, we shall succeed”.
Buhari said this in an Address at The Ministerial Retreat On The Economy And The Budget At The State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, September 15, 2016.
Early in the address, the president stated that “over the years, there has been a mismatch between planned targets and budgetary outcomes at the National and sectorial levels. The Federal MDAs have not also benefited significantly from working together and building consensus around common national objectives. This has impeded growth and development of the country.”
The Retreat is coming at a critical time when the Nigerian economy is in a recession, with significant downturn in performance in various sectors, Buhari noted, adding:
But Buhari said that he trusts the cabinet members will learn from the experiences of the Resource persons and facilitators to prioritise their sector programmes and projects to bring the country out of the current economic recession and place it on the path of growth and development.
He urge the Ministers and other senior government officials present, to actively participate in the Second Technical Session, in order to gain “deeper insight into the complex issues that will open opportunities for you to identify critical priority projects and programmes for the 2017 Budget.”
“I am confident that Ministers and Senior Government officials will benefit immensely from your expertise and wealth of experience”, Buhari concluded.
