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The PDP New Generation, a support group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has lambasted the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo ...

We cannot afford another four years of misgovernance that has shaken Nigeria to its foundations.” “Nigerians, especially university students on strike and their parents must take note of the insensitivity that has become the hallmark of the APC administration. Keyamo’s comments suggest that the Buhari-led government is not interested in what happens to our universities.

Urges FG To Explore Systematic Subsidy Removal. The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has lamented that Nigeria is currently stuck in an economic morass ...

“It is still possible to turn the tide, and it is not too late to bring the nation out of the current quagmire. “The NESG calls for a new social contract between the Government and the people of Nigeria to reduce the growing trust deficit. “There is no doubt that the nation is at an inflexion point, and the actions (and inactions) of leadership will have significant implications for the direction of inflexion. “The goodwill that a government enjoys from its people is no different from the operation of a bank account – in this case, an emotional bank account. “The Federal Government is urged to devise a pragmatic national security strategy that unconditionally guarantees the safety of lives and properties within the country. “The ongoing face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has resulted in the closure of universities for about six months, has become a national embarrassment. “We must return to the path of debt sustainability in the face of dwindling revenues not to create a debt burden for future Governments and, indeed, future generations. “In addition, the NESG acknowledges and commends the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly in passing into law the Electoral Act, 2022, which is already proving to be a veritable tool for improving our electoral process. In this regard, the Board of the NESG proffers solutions and recommendations on how to turn around the fortunes of the Nigerian economy. On security, the NESG observed that “despite increased budgetary allocation to defence and national security, the current state of insecurity is indicative of a nation under siege.” According to NESG,”Given the foregoing and following its deliberations on the domestic and external performance of the Nigerian economy in the first half of 2022, the Board of Directors of the NESG notes and commends the Federal Government for commencing the implementation of the Medium-Term National Development Plan (2021 – 2025). According to NESG, “As the world faces a food crisis linked to the Russian/Ukrainian war and the lingering effects of COVID-19 on the global food supply chains, the situation is even more dire in the Nigerian context, given the compounding effects of the unchecked insecurity and inadequate efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change – specifically the severe droughts and floods affecting our farming communities.