The federal government’s economic team, led by the National
Economic Council (NEC), has once again received a hard knock for its poor
understanding of how to grow a national economy.
Bill Gates; yes, Bill Gates of the Microsoft
fame, who came calling a couple of days previously, was reported to have told a
special session of the NEC that Nigeria’s ongoing Economic Recovery And Growth
Plan (ERGP) is broadly flawed.
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| *VP Osinbajo |
He then advised the federal government to review the ERGP – I should interpret
that to mean reconstitute the NEC.
