Taiwo Adeniyi
20 Jul
The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the Federal Government to ensure development of implementable economic and industrial policies to boost the performance of the economy.
14 Feb
The need to promote enterprise competitiveness and sustainability, as well as deepen collaboration with social partners and stakeholders in industrial and workplace relations has been brought to the fore.
25 Jan
For the manufacturing sector to record meaningful growth that would impact positively on the economy in 2023, a stakeholder in the sector has identified the need for the government to create a special window that would help improve the sector's access to foreign exchange.
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To stabilise the economy, the Organised Private Sector of Nigeria (OPSN) has said there is need for strategies that would reduce high rate of inflation, to at least single digit; address foreign exchange misalignment,..
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