Stakeholders advocate alternative infrastructure financing over strained fiscal capacity
4 years agoHead, Media & External Relations, United Bank for Africa Plc, Ramon Nasir (left); Team Lead, Media Relations, Access Bank, Abdul Imoyo; Chairman, Association of Business Editors in Nigeria (ABEN), Gabriel Omoh; Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Development and Budget, Sam Egube; Former Managing Director, Bank of Industry, Dr. Waheed Olagunju; Former Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief, Independent Newspapers, Ade Ogidan; Executive Assistant on Public Relations and New Media to the Lagos State Governor, Olusegun Fafore and Regional Manager, Sundry Foods Limited, Jubril Shoaga, at the national workshop by ABEN on infrastructure financing in Lagos, yesterday.
With limited space to fund capital projects already affecting the country’s capacity to develop key infrastructure, stakeholders have advocated the need for the government across all levels to explore sustainable alternative financing schemes.