The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) says it is preparing a platform for ensuring an opportunity for government to interact with organised businesses for rewarding economic reforms.
NECA Director-General Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde made this known at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos,
According to him, the organisation will hold Employers’ Summit, expected to drive conversations surrounding the private sector and economic development.
He said that the third edition ‘is apt as it is coming at a time of new reforms.
‘The summit is not basically to interrogate those reforms, but to deepen or share the nexus between the reforms and private sector.
‘Also, it is on how government can actually leverage the agility of the private sector to navigate through these reforms and achieve the desired outcomes.
‘This is a fundamental summit, which time has come to play a major role in the context of the growth of the private sector, economy, and competitiveness of businesses’.
Also, the Chairman of
the Summit, Mr Olumuyiwa Adebayo, said that some of the goals of the summit would include fostering dialogue.
‘In supporting government, it means we need to support them in policies, call it to order when we need to do so and this is always through advocacy.
‘We believe that sharing innovative practices is key between the private sector and government officials.
‘This is because whatever policy we have is only going to be implemented by the private sector as the case may be because it is the engine room for any economy around the world,’ he observed.
In her remarks, the Co-Chairman, Mrs Victoria Uwadoka, said that there must be effective communication and collaboration between the government and private sector for development.
‘We want to work together to develop strategies that will really drive economic growth.
‘Through this summit, we need to reinforce our role as private sector as the engine of national development.
‘We believe that the outcome from this engagement as we have done in other years wi
ll be driven through the government, but we will continue the conversation.
‘Thi is the beginning of a dialogue; this is what the summit is,’ she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2024 Nigeria Employers’ Summit would be held between June 25 and June 26 in Abuja.
The theme of the summit is, ‘Economic Renaissance: Harnessing Government Reforms and Private Sector Agility ‘
Source: News Agency of Nigeria