Jos – Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinabajo has reiterated his Party, the All Progressives Congress, APC is determined to work and see the country emerge as a major economic and political participant in world affairs.

To achieve the feat, he stated the administration of President Muhammadu is poised to implement desirable changes that will not only bring greater transparency and accountability in the process of governance but also promote inclusiveness in pursuit of programmes that will benefit Nigerians.

Addressing participants in Kuru, near Jos at the opening ceremony of “The Scenario Planning for National Change” workshop organized by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS in collaboration with REOS South Africa, he noted the government is focused to revamp the economy.

Represented by the Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, the VP acknowledged that the theme of the workshop was timely as “Scenario Planning can help chart a common course, bring different people together to think about common social challenges in creative ways.”

His words, “Government believes strongly in the efficacy of Scenario planning, the workshop is coming at a very auspicious time in our national life. The quest for rapid socio-economic transformation is palpable.

“We must articulate and implement desirable changes that will not only bring transparency and accountability into the process of governance, but also promote inclusiveness in pursuit of programmes that are of benefit to all Nigerians.

“Our focus is to quickly revamp the economy and rebuild the country by galvanizing our collective energy towards a common purpose. Scenario planning is one of the tools that can bring different people together to think about their high-risk but common social challenges in creative ways.”

He challenged the organizers and participants to “submit a robust proposal to government on how to implant scenario planning in our governance process, identify issues of critical national challenges to which we can deploy the methodology as well as an implementation framework.”

Also speaking, the Protem Chairman, Roes Nigeria Advisory Body, Mrs. Amina Oyagbola stated that scenario planning if properly harnessed will help solve the myriad of problems in the country.

Earlier, the Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Prof. Ahmed Tijani-Bande in his welcome speech urged participants to maximize the opportunity and ensure the use the knowledge gained at the workshop to contribute positively in building the nation.