Professional Bodies Advise Buhari to Focus on Tourism, Mining, Others

Professional Bodies Advise Buhari to Focus on Tourism, Mining, Others

  

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The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), the umbrella body of professional bodies that are chartered and recognised by the act of parliament to regulate their profession, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to embark on a drastic diversification of the Nigerian economy.

The association highlighted areas that the federal government can generate a lot of resources from to include tourism, agriculture, manufacturing, power, services, tourism, entertainment, information and communications, mining and solid minerals.

The president of the association, Mr. Foluso Fasoto, made this call while addressing the media in Lagos on Tuesday. This, he stated would help to address the nation's dwindling economic fortune occasioned by falling crude oil price as well as create jobs for the teaming youths and job seekers.

According to the APBN boss, the country has continued to be hindered by years of sub-optimal administration management and would require need stringent economic reforms to reposition her towards achieving its full economic potentials.

An economy that is almost solely dependent on oil will lead to various economy distortions and trouble, he added. Fasoto said the association was formed to encourage the formation of national professional bodies in the Nigeria, promote and enhance the status of professional bodies in Nigeria, offer advice and render such other assistance to government as and when necessary and make or support representation to government and other appropriate bodies on matters affecting member Associations or public interest.

In addition, the APBN seeks to encourage the interchange of ideas on subjects of common interest and for this purpose to collect and publish literature which may result in promotion of such interest, encourage good relations and understanding among member associations and the public, develop and maintain cooperation with other similar professional bodies in other countries, organise national and international conferences in Nigeria, encourage the establishment of and/or provide professional library, among others.

In her welcome address during the board meeting of the association earlier, the President/Chairman of Council, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), MRS. ’Debola Osibogun, noted that considering the richly endowed nature of Nigeria, human and material, as well as the complexities of her struggles to attain sustainable economic development holistically, “we can say that, only an integrated and strategic approach, devoid of quackery, mediocrity, ethnic and religious bigotry, corruption and several other under-development vices, can make our country, Nigeria, great.”