Former VP Abubakar Atiku Chatham House to deliver a major speech on how to get Nigeria working again. The 2019 presidential aspirants also met with UK Secretary For Int’l Trade on Investment into Nigeria To Help Get Nigeria Working Again. Here are 5 points Atiku made on how intends to make Nigeria work again.
1.Streamline the operations of sovereign wealth funds
I will extend railways to connect workers to jobs, suppliers to buyers, students to universities, and parents to their children in every major city in every state. #GetNigeriaWorkingAgain #CHAfrica
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) April 25, 2018
2.Extend railways
We will streamline the operations of the Sovereign Wealth Fund, the Excess Crude Account and the Stabilization Account which is currently embedded in the Revenue Allocation Formula for more effective stabilization outcomes. #GetNigeriaWorkingAgain #CHAfrica
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) April 25, 2018
3.Restructuring
These are some of the ways I believe Nigeria’s states can improve their capacity, increase their revenues & better manage their local economies which are critical to safety, prosperity & welfare of all Nigerians and will allow my homeland to realize its true potential. #CHAfrica
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) April 25, 2018
4.Introduction of matching grants
I will make certain rivers are dredged to open up the hinterlands of the North. Licenses would be given to state governments to begin immediate exploitation of resources in their jurisdictions. #GetNigeriaWorkingAgain #CHAfrica
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) April 25, 2018
5.Invest in Education
Atiku Abubakar @atiku – we have to ensure the minimum amount of resources are allocated & invested in eductation & health, w penalties for states that don’t comply. 1.6m Nigerians sit university entrance exams w only 600,000 places. $1bn spent on paying fees in Ghana. #CHAfrica pic.twitter.com/fYHZI9ki9C
— Chatham House Africa (@AfricaProg) April 25, 2018
6.Create stable and predictable exchange rates
Atiku Abubakar – #Nigeria must have a stable and predictable exchange rate to allow investors to plan long-term @atiku is not a supporter of multiple exchange rates. #CHAfrica pic.twitter.com/o5kRYydXV5
— Chatham House Africa (@AfricaProg) April 25, 2018