Create enabling environment for employers to thrive, NECA tells Tinubu

The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the President, Bola Tinubu, to create a conducive and enabling environment for employers in the country particularly those in the private sector. The association explained that employers play a major and critical role in promoting national development through job creation, payment of taxes, and other contributions […]

The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the President, Bola Tinubu, to create a conducive and enabling environment for employers in the country particularly those in the private sector.

The association explained that employers play a major and critical role in promoting national development through job creation, payment of taxes, and other contributions to economic growth.

Daily Trust reports that NECA is a business membership organization that provides a platform for private sector employers to interact with the government, labour and other relevant institutions in Nigeria.

Speaking at the 4th edition of Nigeria Employers’ Summit in Abuja, the Director General of NECA, Adewale-Smart Oyerinde, maintained that the economy of the country will grow organically if employers are given opportunity to thrive

“For development to be organic then you must create an enabling environment for employers to thrive so that the economy can grow organically,” Oyerinde explained.

He said that the objective of the Employers Summit was to gather policymakers and those who will implement the policies to come together to build consensus around some current reforms in the country.

According to him, the summit was unique because it came at a time government was implementing many reforms, adding that the tax reform bill is presently at the Federal Ministry of Justice.

Specifically, Oyerinde noted that the era of imposition of policy reforms is over, adding with proper engagement with the organised private sector, the government will achieve a quantum leap in economic growth in the country.

On his part, the Vice President, Kashim Shettima said the vision of President Tinubu-led administration was to build an economy where sustainable business enterprises thrive and create decent jobs.

Shettima, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Job Creation and SME, Temitola Adekunle Johnson said members of the organised private sector would continue to be encouraged in their enterprise.

He said this is because they have continued to contribute positively to socio-economic conditions of Nigerians through the millions of jobs as well as the goods and services they provide.

“We are a nation in transition, navigating our part of bold reforms designed to stir our economy away from volatility into becoming a more stable, sustainable, and prosperous one.

“These reforms, though difficult in the short term, are laying the foundation for a more transparent, competitive, diversified, and investor-friendly environment,” he said.

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