APA – Lagos (Nigeria)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the new long-term National Development Plan, the Nigeria Agenda 2050 (NA 2050).
Speaking at the launching of the development plan on Wednesday in Abuja, Buhari stated that the aim is to ensure that the country attains a Per Capita GDP of $33,328 per annum, placing her among the top middle-income economies in the world by 2050.
According to him, the plan has the vision of a dynamic, industrialized and knowledge-based economy that generates inclusive and sustainable development for the country.
He added that given the measures already in place for continuous plan implementation, successive administrations will find the document useful in the delivery of electoral promises.
Buhari commended the National Steering Committee, led by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed and the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, for delivering yet again, on this important national assignment
Describing the unveiling and public presentation of NA 2050 as another milestone in the ‘‘annals of history of our planning experience, post-independence, Buhari stated that this feat has also shown the Administration’s commitment to planning and plan implementation since assumption of office on May 29, 2015.
Speaking on the process for the preparation of the plan, the Minister of Finance stated that it was not only participatory and consultative but inclusive.
She said it also involved all critical stakeholders such as, all Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as well as the representatives of Local Government Areas (LGAs).
She listed other stakeholders as the Organised Private Sector, youth organisations, labour unions, traditional and religious institutions, major political parties, women organisations, people with special needs, among others.
‘‘The Nigeria Agenda 2050 is formulated against the backdrop of subsisting economic and social challenges facing the country, including low, fragile and non-inclusive growth, insecurity, high population growth rate, limited concentric economic diversification and low productivity.
‘‘The Plan is a long-term economic transformation blueprint designed to address these challenges,’’ she said.
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