Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has reiterated the commitment of the current administration to promoting the participation of the personal sector in Nigeria’s strategic financial agenda.
Inaugurating a Stakeholders Engagement Committee of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), Tuesday in Abuja, the Minister stated the pro-business posture of the federal government is properly mirrored within the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan of this authorities.
He stated: “Let me use this opportunity to reiterate that the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari recognises and actively promotes the participation of the private sector in the strategic economic agenda of the nation.”
Mohammed stated authorities will not stop to create an enabling setting for personal businesses to thrive, and construct financial prosperity for the generality of Nigerians, together with the supply of essential infrastructure by way of Public Private Partnership.
He urged members of the Committee to do all the things attainable to be certain that the committee lives up to its tasks by making certain that it identifies and maintains contacts with numerous stakeholders and opinion leaders; and advise the Council accordingly.
In his remarks, the Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex Okoh, stated within the final 30 years, over 140 public enterprises throughout numerous sectors of the financial system have been absolutely or partially privatised or absolutely or partially commercialised or concessioned.
“Of these privatised enterprises, over 60 per cent have achieved a good level of performance. The generation companies are performing very well. I can also tell you that the seaports are performing despite some infrastructural constraints,” he stated.
Okoh stated the significance of an efficient stakeholders’ engagement technique can't be over-emphasised, in view of the necessity to construct assist and understanding for the Federal Government’s reform agenda by successfully speaking the advantages of the privatisation programme.
The Committee, additionally chaired by Mohammed, has the Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Dr. Garba Abari; the President of NACCIMA, Iyalode Alaba Lawson; Ben Upah representing NLC, as members.
Others embrace Auwal Musa for the Civil Society; Maxwell Loko for Nigerian Television Authority; Olaniyi Omodara for National Human Rights Commission; and Emmanuel Uchola for the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment as among the members.