From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja
Federal Government, yesterday, said that the National Development Plan (NDP 2021 – 2025) and Nigeria Agenda 2050 (NA 2050) are projected to generate about 21 million jobs and lift about 35 million people out of poverty.
Speaking at the African Statistics Day, organised by the Nigerian Statistical Association (NSA), in Abuja, the Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, said that the two programmes are Nigerian home-grown medium and long-term National Development Plans developed to succeed the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP 2017 – 2020) and Nigeria Vision 2020 (NV20:2020), both of which ended in December 2020.
According to him, the programmes also target a broad-based economic growth of about five per cent
“The plan seeks to achieve these laudable goals in the medium term by expanding economic growth, growing an inclusive economy, leveraging on its young workforce and enhancing execution capacity at the national and sub-national levels.
“The NDP 2021 – 2025 envisions Nigeria being a leading industrialising and reforming nation in Africa that will focus on building its institutional capacity and capability as well as fostering a private sector-led growth to help address the critical issues of job and wealth creation and poverty reduction,” he said, adding that Nigeria has an enabling investment climate and business environment.
