989900:
Bring in technocrats from the private sector -- the roof is on fire!

senier007:
Change in hibernation
Change is never a scam
Change is a process
Change is dynamic
Change is painful
Change is always positive
Change is inevitable
Change is when consequences have equal action
Change is when wailers wail all the time
Change is a gradual process
Change also have enemies
Change is a "group thinking" result

Change is here to stay

brodalikeme:
In my opinion this is not a very good economic team. An economic team should comprise of people in government and the private sector. Also, why is this so called economic team quiet and not proactive? A lot of things has being happening based on speculation and not policies from the government.

Drabeey:
I thought they would mention this man, Ifeanyi ubah.
Ds is not a good news, not even anyone who have some feats in growing the economy in the past.
#Buhari 'M NotHappy

Urine:


Actually, you're the big joke here, the VP is the Chairman of the National Economic Council by law. Before you come out and talk like you're the best thing since sliced bread, you have to be 99% you're right.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_Nigeria
http://services.gov.ng/the-vice-president

senier007:
The Presidency has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has an economic management team. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent last light.

Akande was reacting to a media report that quoted some economic experts as urging the president to form his economic team. According to him, the economic team of President Buhari has been put in place since the inauguration of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last November.


 Akande said the economic management team is headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.  He listed the team’s key members as including the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma; the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; the Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godswin Emefiele; and the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO). He said the composition of the team was not static as Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbe and Information Minister Lai Mohammed as well as relevant permanent secretaries have also been involved.

The vice president’s aide said the team had since been meeting and engaging representatives of the private sector.

He noted that unlike what obtained in the past, Buhari’s administration did not make anybody from the private sector a member of the economic management team.

The vice president’s spokesman also exclusively told our correspondent that President Buhari had appointed Dr. Oluyemi Dipeolu as his Special Adviser on Economic Matters.  He said the economic adviser, who was until his appointment in January a director in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), has been working with the economic management team.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/presidency-unveils-buhari-s-economic-team/135566.html#ihkVDwQAzxibuwGB.99

989900:
Bring in technocrats from the private sector -- the roof is on fire!

Drabeey:
I thought they would mention this man, Ifeanyi ubah.
Ds is not a good news, not even anyone who have some feats in growing the economy in the past.
#Buhari 'M NotHappy

DIVINE78:
I'm abundantly sure better days lie ahead with Buhari and Osinbajo at the helm.

DIVINE78:
I'm abundantly sure better days lie ahead with Buhari and Osinbajo at the helm.
 

its a pity the president didnt to hit the ground running after handover as expected of someone that has been Head of State before. This govt is no doubt passing the learning curve and l wont blame Osibanjo for that but Buhari obviously is not showing sign of someone with direction.

As long as l am concern, we dont have Economic team. Maybe he cooked up the team in his Duara hut after the pressure of abt Economic team. How come nobody is aware of this team all this days.

DIVINE78:
I'm abundantly sure better days lie ahead with Buhari and Osinbajo at the helm.

Aufbauh:
"Every great movement must experience three stages; ridicule, discussion and adoption" - John Stuart Mill
Some of the yelling of the opposition may not be unwarranted but most times it is ill conceived.

It should be noted by all that Rome was not built in a day and any road that has no obstacles lead nowhere.
Nonetheless, the commitment and will of the present administration is the ultimate asset of the CHANGE MANTRA some of us has upheld and we are confident that the CHANGE the people so desire and deserve will surely come.

chatterly:
having people from the private sector in an economic team has not always worked in the developing world especially Nigeria.all they do is front run for their own private businesses which is counter productive.Dangote ,otedola etal who were in Jona and yaraduas team only served their own interests by getting all sorts of funny waivers.

Guk:


Capital No!!!! They pour more fuel in the fire. The private sector person who is not contracted by FG but called in will only be there to promote policies that benefit/enrich his company and enslave others. Get rewarded with waivers; use insider info to make first move etc.

Pls name 1 private sector fellow that was called in by Govt that gave us sound economic policies? They ended up manipulating and arm twisting Govt. I will give u just 2 destructive examples. Fmr Min of Agric. Mr Akinwunmi ended up losing billions to the rice merchants who were advising him.
Fmr Min of Trade, Mr Aganga got swindled by the car assembly companies granting them concession to import Fully built up cars at old import duty. Pls tell me why no car assembly plant in Nigeria today is not boasting or advertising their Made in Nigeria cars?

truthspeaks:
Na so e pain u reach? I knw u r doing ur paid job, but guy, see d economic hardship in d land. It's way too hard 2 conceal even for ApC's propaganda machine like u

brodalikeme:


There is a reason they are called Technocrats. You need private people there. Screen and sieve and you will get the right people. These persons must no be business men or women or our so called entrepreneurs, They are financial/economic advisors, manager and consultants that will work in the team to formulate policies that will stimulate growth and development. A team should be able to have checks and balance controls in place.

if we have go by the issue you raise we will already doomed, if you get the root of the budget padding palaver, you will notice that the consultants has skewed something in his favour while the bureaucrat was having a nice time.

Chigold101:
na wa for you oh!
Whats great about this thing? If this team really exist it means they are not only clueless but they are also dull in economic matters.

I dont blame them, when they have a VISITING president & a lying pastor as their head. Why wont they mess our economy.

UltimatedeBest:
Anytime osibanjo is laughing is like he is forcing himself.

PMIcon:


You may want to check the CVs of those mentioned above. Or what's the definition of technocrat. We don't need a bigger team, we only need them to be efficient and effective.

[s]By the way, it is not the government that's causing the Naira-dollar go up(in the black market by the way) It is those of us those who keep buying the dollar and importing things we produce in Nigeria that are the problem. WHY DO WE LIKE TO EAT OUR CAKES AND STILL HAVE IT.[/s]

989900:


However, they need to up the tempo -- the economy is stalling.

PassingShot:
..It's not a rocket science..

Sweetguy25:
The Buffalo we call a president is assembling an economic team almost a year after he was elected into office.
This man has to be the most unserious president in African history.

pendusky:
Economic Team? comprises of who and who? SAN head of Economic Team? Wow!

This Govt is a joke!

FunnyNation hope they will soon call you to head Asorock kitchen

pendusky:
Economic Team? comprises of who and who? SAN head of Economic Team? Wow!

This Govt is a joke!

FunnyNation hope they will soon call you to head Asorock kitchen