Government to set up economic policies implementation committee

Government to set up economic policies implementation committee
uche Aneke, Abuja

Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has said that a special technical committee that would include members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN)would be set up soon to ensure that key economic policies of the government are implemented to the letter.

Speaking at an interactive session with representatives of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria in Lagos, President Jonathan maintained that he has the political will to implement all policies that would step up the living conditions of Nigerians and improve the economy.

He described the manufacturing sector as key to the realization of the nation’s Vision 20-2020 aspiration and said that a team of technocrats from organised sectors and related bodies as well as key government officials will constitute the special committee to be coordinated by the Chief Economic Adviser to the President.

The committee will deliberate regularly on policies that will improve the nation’s economy.

Policy evaluation

President Jonathan urged the manufacturers to examine the nation’s laws critically and intimate government of any law that impedes economic growth, assuring that such would be tabled before the next National Assembly for amendment.

The President assured that the issue of ‘multiple taxation’ would become a thing of the past, as the new National Tax Policy to be endorsed soon will address it and related issues.

President Jonathan also expressed Government’s desire to reduce production costs by inviting manufacturers of imported commodities that are in high demand among Nigerians to set up production factories in the country.

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