The Federal Government has solicited the support and understanding of all and sundry to get the economy out of the doldrums.

Alternate Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigeria Universities, Ambassador Godknows Igali, President Nigerian Institute of Management, Dr Christiana Atako, Ssenior Sspecial Adviser to Ssecretary to Ggovernment of Federation, Dr Dapo Oyedemi, and Registrar Nigerian Institute of Management, Taiwo Olusesi, at the 2023 Annual National Management Conference on Monday in Lagos.


This is according to Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, who spoke as Guest Speaker at the 2023 Annual National Management Conference of Nigerian Institute of Management Chartered in Lagos.
Akume spoke through his Senior Special Adviser, Dr Dapo Oyedemi, at the event themed: ‘Managing Nigeria’s Path to Sustainable and Prosperity: The Challenges before the New National Leadership’.
According to him, the theme is apt and relevant towards charting a new course and national rebirth for the country in line with the eight-point agenda of the Federal Government.
In his words, President Bola Tinubu unveiled an eight-point agenda to turn around the economy and make life comfortable for all Nigerians.
He said it include: food security; ending poverty; economic growth and job creation; access to capital; improving security; improving the playing field on which people and particularly companies operate; rule of law; and fighting corruption.
Akume said concerted efforts were being made by the Federal Government in all critical sectors to get the economy up and running and deliver the dividends of democracy.
He noted that by the theme of this year’s conference, the Institute has further demonstrated that it is committed to supporting the Federal Government in achieving its drive to reposition and turn around the nation’s economy.
Akume urged the Nigerian Institute of Management Chartered to improve its visibility at public sessions of the National Assembly to make more robust professional management input that would be most relevant in the public domain.
According to him, to truly set Nigeria on the path of greatness and prosperity, good leadership built on enduring democratic principles must be on the front burner and the societies collective consciousness always.
He called on the Institute to ensure that its code of conduct becomes a culture for all Nigerians through their interaction and collaboration with the National Orientation Agency and other relevant agencies that will support the cause.
In his words, if all Nigerians align themselves with the Institute’s code of conduct, Nigeria shall become an enviable nation.
In her welcome remarks, the Institutes President and Council Chairman, Dr. Christiana Atako, said the President Tinubu led administration inherited a fractured and weak economy when it took over the reins of leadership in May this year.
Atako commended the Tinubu led administration’s efforts in taking on the numerous problems head on and finding lasting solutions to revive and revamp the nation’s economy.
She noted that the unveiling of the present administration’s eight-point agenda showed that the administration has commenced work.
Atako noted that the government’s decisions on fuel subsidy and floating of the naira, which came with some pains, required measures to mitigate the effects of the decision on the most vulnerable members of society.
Atako admonishes the Federal Government to continue working closely with labour and civil society organisations, community leaders and other stakeholders to ensure meaningful remedial programmes are put in place to help the citizenry to cope with the new economic realities.
In all, she said the administration should focus on implementing policies that will promote economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction.
According to her, this could include diversification of the economy, getting the nation’s refineries up and running again, investments in infrastructure, education and healthcare, and measures to attract foreign investment and promote entrepreneurship.
She enjoined Nigerians to join hands with the Federal Government by supporting its good economic policies, saying Nigerians can overcome the effects of subsidy removal on their daily life through budgeting, increasing productivity, reducing consumption, embracing local goods, and seeking alternative transportation.
Atako said while the masses were tightening their belt as a result of ongoing economic policies, it was only moral and rational that those in government make conscious effort to reduce the cost of governance.
She said frivolous and avoidable expenses must be shunned at all cost to show equal sacrifice and commitment to resuscitate the economy on both sides to promote unity of purpose between the governors and the governed.
The Nigerian Institute of Management Chartered also unveiled the Journal of Management Professionals, research journal on management practice in Nigeria.