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NESG seeks to empower women

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By Dooyum Naadzenga The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG has announced plans to host a transformative webinar to empower women. The webinar titled “Leadership Beyond Titles: Empowering Women to Influence through Action,” takes place on March 26. According to a statement from tht NESG and made available to the Daily Times, says, “This event challenges […]

NESG lists risk factors to economic growth in 2025

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…commends FG for 3.8% GDP growth in 2024 By Tunde Opalana The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has listed; inflationary pressures, exchange rate volatility, and security concerns, as risk factors that could hinder economic stability in 2025. Should the Federal Government taken adequate care of the factors, the Group projected a sustained positive growth trajectory. […]

What Nigeria must do to tackle poverty, PIC, NESG, others speak

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The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) and Policy Innovation Center (PIC) have charged stakeholders to deploy strategic ways to tackle the scourge of gender inclusion as a way of urgently tackling poverty, especially in women. They stated this at the gender and inclusion summit organised by the Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) of NESG, on Wednesday, […]

2023: Citing ‘unfavorable climate,’ NESG shelves presidential debate

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By Doosuur Iwambe The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) presidential debate for the 2023 polls scheduled to hold next week in Abuja has been put on hold till further notice. Organisers of the summit while announcing the development cited “unfavorable climate” as reason for the postponement. The organisers however disclosed that in place of the […]

Why $2.5m Badagry Seaport will boost economy, says NESG

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By Godwin Anyebe The Nigeria Economic Summit Group NESG and the Center for the Promotion of Private Enterprise have stated that the Badagry Deep Seaport has the potential to enhance international trade between Nigeria and other nations, especially within the subregion of West Africa. A member of NESG, Dr Emeka Nwosu, said that the deep […]

Theft, vandalism rob Nigeria of benefits of high crude oil prices – NESG

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NESG, Low production rate, theft and pipeline vandalism are the main factors which rob Nigeria of the benefits of high cost of crude oil in the global market. The declaration was made by the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of its Board of Directors. The […]

NESG launches non-residential fellowship to deepen Nigeria’s socio-economic development

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Philip Clement, Abuja The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has launched its maiden Non-Residential Fellowship Programme (NRFP) to firm up ties between evidence-based research and policy advocacy, with the objective of deepening Nigeria’s socio-economic development. At the virtual launch of the programme yesterday, 18 proven scholars drawn from varying academic backgrounds were inducted alongside five […]

Reconsider your decision on twitter suspension, NESG urges FG

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By PHILIP CLEMENT The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has called on the federal government to consider the economic implications of the recent suspension of twitter usage in Nigeria as many business rely on the social media platform to sell and trade their products. In a statement, the NESG said:”For many of these businesses, social […]

NESG, UN, finance ministry advocates better food systems for Nigeria

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By Philip Clement The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), in collaboration with the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, United Nations Nigeria and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has held a Private sector Exploratory dialogue on Nigeria’s Food Systems where they advocated for a better and efficient food management systems for […]

NESG harps on Need to Embrace and support the Digital Economy following Twitter Suspension

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As in other economies worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the Nigerian economy. In 2020, Nigeria slipped into its second recession in five years, with a GDP contraction of 3.6% in the third quarter of 2020. Unemployment rate rose to 33.3% in the fourth quarter of 2020, about 8.6 million Nigerians […]

NESG, UN, Finance Ministry hold Private sector exploratory dialogue on Nigeria’s food systems

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The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), in collaboration with the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, United Nations Nigeria and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), held a Private sector Exploratory dialogue on Nigeria’s Food Systems on Tuesday, the 25th of May, 2021. In her welcome remarks, Mrs Oluyemisi Iranloye, Founder and […]

NESG urge FG to drive macroeconomic stability, single FX window, others

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BY PHILIP CLEMENT, ABUJA The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) have urged the federal government to boost the economy by driving microeconomic stability and ensuring a single forex window in the country. These and other recommendations formed the resolution of the Nigerian Economic Summit (#NES26) which was released in Abuja on Tuesday and presented to […]

NESG appoints new board of directors

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Philip Clement, Abuja The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Niigeria’s prominent economic think tank group has made new appointments into it’s board of directors. In a statement by Mr Asue Ighodalo Chairman, Board of Directors, NESG , the board members were carefully selected on merit to drive the mandate of the NESG. Tbe statement reads: […]

Why Nigeria needs N10.1trn stimulus to recover from COVID-19-NESG

Why Nigeria needs N10.1trn stimulus to recover from COVID-19-NESG The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has said that the Nigerian economy required stimulus in the region of N10.1 trillion to mitigate the shock of COVID-19 pandemic. NESG made this disclosure in its latest Macroeconomic Outlook Update, where it explained that the nation is facing the […]