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President Buhari orders review of economic policies before 2016 budget

President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that he will gladly reverse or abandon some inherited economic policies  if doing so will lead to the creation of  more jobs for Nigerians.

At a meeting in the Presidential Villa  with  Executive Members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), President  Buhari directed the Ministries of Industries, Trade and Investment, and Finance, as well as the Central Bank and other relevant government agencies to evolve before next year’s budget, new policies to boost domestic manufacturing.

“We are in difficult times economically, but we’ll continue to do our best for manufacturing to pick up. We must begin to behave as if we have no oil at all.

“We will gladly have policy somersaults, if it will mean more jobs, particularly  for youths. I campaigned on three major planks. To effectively secure our country, provide employment through revamping the economy, and wage a relentless war against corruption. I intend to keep faith with these promises,” the President said.

He lamented that the textile industry that employed about 320,000 people in the past only parades about 30,000 now.

“It shows the carelessness of past governments, if almost 300,000 people lose jobs in a single sector. We have a clear idea of how we can stimulate employment and we will work very hard to do so,” President Buhari told the MAN delegation.

The MAN President,  Dr Frank Udemba Jacobs had  appealed for a review of policies that  stifle the manufacturing sector, noting that the importance of a robust manufacturing sector  for the general well-being of the economy cannot be over-emphasized.

 

Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

August 17, 2015

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