The All Progressives Congress is to unveil the road map for the policy direction of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration at a two-day Policy Dialogue, which begins on Wednesday.
The Policy dialogue has its theme ‘Implementing Change: From Vision to Reality’, and organised by the Policy, Research and Strategy Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council.
Deputy Head of the Directorate and former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said this in Abuja, on Monday.
According to him, the President-elect, Mohammadu Buhari, will declare open the dialogue, which would be chaired by Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osibajo (SAN).
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is expected to be the Keynote Speaker at the event, where input into the road map for the actualisation of the policies of the incoming administration would be made by experts drawn from various fields of human endeavour.
Abdullahi explained that the core areas of focus at the two-day event would include but not limited to the economy, governance, job creation and security in line with the APC manifestoes for change.
He added that topics for discussion would include: Improving the National Economy for Shared Prosperity; Repositioning Agriculture for Job Creation and Economic Prosperity; Developing Infrastructure for National Development; Achieving Sustainable Reforms on Oil/Gas Sector; Reducing Inequality and Achieving Sustainable Human Development; Achieving Holistic and Sustainable Reforms in the Education Sector; Developing and Education System Relevant to Nigeria’s Developmental Aspiration; and Achieving Qualitative and Affordable Healthcare.
Other areas include: Achieving Diversity and Inclusion in Public Life; Exploring Sports, Tourism and Creative Industry for Job Creation; Governance and Improved Efficiency in Public Service; Tackling Corruption in Public Sector; and Foreign Policy and Agenda for Change.
Some of the Speakers/Discussants expected at the dialogue include former Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Ifueko Omogui-Okauru; Dr. Rilwan Babalola, former Minister of Power; Dr. Tajudeen Umar, former Country Chair, Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority; Prof. Niyi Daniels, President of the International Institute for Petroleum Energy Law and Policy; Tunde Ahonsi, Resident Representative of UNFPA, Ghana; and Major-General Ishola Williamson (retd.).
Others are Prof. Pai Obanya, Chairman of the West African Examination Council; Dr. Ayo Teriba, CEO of Economic Associates; Prof. Bolaji Aluko, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke; Prof. Mohammed Tabia of the Department of Islamic Law, Bayero University, Kano; Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau, former Chief of Army Staff; Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Fola Arthur-Worrey, former Solicitor-General of Lagos State; Bolanle Onagoruwa, former Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises; Wale Fapounda of Legal Resources Consortium; and Prof. Etannibi Alemika, the Chairman of CLEEN Foundation.
Source:Punch
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