{"id":38198,"date":"2022-08-08T07:18:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T07:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=38198"},"modified":"2022-08-08T07:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T07:18:33","slug":"how-to-address-nigerias-economic-challenges-neca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/08\/how-to-address-nigerias-economic-challenges-neca\/","title":{"rendered":"How to address Nigeria\u2019s economic challenges &#8211; NECA"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/24\/police-kill-bandit-recover-2-guns-motorcycle-in-kaduna\/\">Nigeria Employers\u2019 Consultative Association (NECA)<\/a> has described the economic challenges facing the country as multi-faceted and called for a holistic and multi-pronged approach to resolving them.<\/p>\n<p>NECA\u2019s Director-General, Wale Oyerinde, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said there was no better time for the Federal Government to reappraise current economic policies and deepen its engagement with the organised private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019The nation is currently faced with multiple challenges: with a dire combination of spiraling inflation; rising energy cost; scarcity of foreign exchange (FOREX); the dwindling value of the naira and an almost comatose aviation sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Also, stuttering education system; rising debt; depleting Foreign Reserve, and rising fuel subsidy expenses among others, which threaten to lay bare the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019While government\u2019s effort to salvage the economy is commendable, there is, however, need for a more holistic approach to resuscitate the stuttering economy, \u2018\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The director-general noted that Nigeria had always lived dangerously on the precipice, with a major chunk of its revenue dependent on the complexities of global crude demand and supply.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, a dangerous blend of self-destructive tendencies, insecurity, and fiscal and monetary policy inconsistencies have also conspired to make the situation worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn April 2022, the World Bank warned that the rising cost of fuel subsidy could significantly impact public finance and pose debt sustainability concerns: alas, this projection is almost happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019The fiscal performance report released recently by the government confirmed the accuracy of these projections.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019The combination of a struggling aviation sector and roads taken over by bandits have also conspired to fuel the situation, leading to rising inflation at 18.6 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019These have continued to worsen the promotion of commerce and the increase the rate of de-industrialization of some regions of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Oyerinde, therefore, called for the commencement of a deliberate and economic-priority-influenced approach and wide consultation with stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to him, should be with the view of harvesting alternative policy options to re-energize all sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019While the challenges of revenue shortage are acknowledged, burdening businesses with new taxes or levies will be counter-productive and self-destructive action.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Over-burdening already burdened businesses will only lead to business closure and an escalation of job losses with consequential effect on our social and economic stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Government should, in the short-term widen the tax net, reduce wastage in governance, and focus on economic projects that will stimulate the Nigerian economy and guarantee an enabling environment for businesses to operate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019An enabling environment for local businesses will create the platform for new foreign direct investment, which could increase foreign exchange inflow into the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The director-general also urged the government, as a matter of urgency, to fix the four national refineries and encourage the development of modular ones as a precursor to the total removal of fuel subsidy.<\/p>\n<p>He said that interventions aimed at improving living standards to stimulate consumption and enterprise sustainability to promote job creation should be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Oyerinde said, \u2018\u2019While forex scarcity persists, allocation of the available forex to manufacturing and other productive sectors of the economy should be given priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Employers\u2019 Consultative Association (NECA) has described the economic challenges facing the country as multi-faceted and called for a holistic and multi-pronged approach to resolving them. 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