Tinubu: Nigeria Has Enough Manpower to Stimulate Economic Development

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has declared that the nation has the requisite and sufficient manpower to stimulate development across all sectors of the economy.

Speaking yesterday at the State House, Abuja while receiving a report titled, ‘Industrialisation, Energy Security, and Climate Change: Issues, Challenges and Prospects,’ submitted by the Senior Executive Course 45 of the

National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), the President said his administration will review the document and integrate salient recommendations into ongoing policies and programmes within the Renewed Hope Agenda.

Commending the report’s wealth of research and recommendations, President Tinubu, according to a release issued by his Media Adviser, Ajuri

Ngelale, said: ‘’I give you credit for a good job done. This report will be treated with all seriousness. You have fished out the issues. You have noted the challenges, and you have recommended very constructive solutions and showed the roadmap to achieve sustainable development goals for our country. Definitely, our hope is renewed.

‘’Who says that we do not have it as a country? Commitment to research and development; that high level of inquisitiveness, the manpower needed is here.”

Earlier in his speech, the Director-General of the Institute, Prof. Ayo Omotayo, said during the 10-month period of the course, participants engaged in a series of lectures and seminars, brainstorming sessions, as well as study tours to 13 countries and seven states in Nigeria.

 According to him, the Senior Executive Course 45 comprised of 97

participants drawn from federal and sub-national governments, security and

intelligence agencies, civil society, private sector, and labour unions.

‘’As an apex institution for policy research and strategic studies

in Nigeria, the National Institute is entrusted with a solemn duty of charting

the course of our national development.

‘’Our mandate encompasses the rigorous analysis of complex policy

issues, the formulation of forward-thinking strategies, and the cultivation of

visionary leaders capable of steering Nigeria towards a prosperous and

sustainable future,” Omotayo said.