The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) says the President Bola Tinubu’s reforms in the economic sector align with the desires of the Organised Private Sector(OPS).
Mr Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, the Director General of NECA , said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the 2025 edition of the Employers Summit, organised by NECA
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the summit is themed, “Enabling Sustainable Enterprise in a Transiting Economic: Aligning Fiscal, Trade and Regulatory Reforms for Rapid National Development ”
Oyerinde said the reforms being undertaking by the federal government are in alignment with the desires of employers.
He said the summit was apt in bringing the critical stakeholders together to deliberate and agreed on the execution of the reforms.
“NECA believes that there is no better time to get the reformers and those that will implement the reforms as well as those that the reform is supposed to reform to have a conversation and engender consensus around those reforms.
“It will also help us to make policy recommendations to government on those issues where it pinches the private sector and employers.
“This is the avenue where definite solutions or implementation of palliatives or innovation that might ease the pressure on the private sector can come,” he said.
According to the NECA DG, employers play major role in promoting national development through job creation, payment of taxes and other contributions to the economic growth.
He further said that the summit was unique coming at a time when the government was implementing many reforms, such as the tax reform bills.
Vice President Kashim Shettima emphasised the need to build an economy that is resilient, inclusive, driven by private enterprise and enabled by government.
Shettima, represented by Mr Temitola Johnson, Special Adviser to the President on Job Creation and Small, Medium Micro Enterprises (SMMEs), said the organised private sector have contributed positively to socio-economic development of Nigerians.
He said that the contributions were through the millions of jobs that were created, as well as the goods and services they providef.
Shettima added that the vision of President Bola Tinubu-led administration was to build an economy where sustainable business enterprises thrive and create decent jobs.
“One of the comprehensive reforms being undertaken by the government is that, which prioritises prudent expenditure and more efficient, transparent and equitable tax system.
“We are a nation in transition, navigating our part of bold reforms designed to stir our economy away from volatility into becoming a more stable, sustainable and prosperous one.
“These reforms, though difficult in the short term, are laying the foundation for a more transparent, competitive, diversified and investor-friendly environment,” he said
