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DG’s Corner

DG’ Corner

The challenge for us as always is to discipline ourselves, question the status quo, think unconventional and operate outside of our comfort zones, consider diverse perspectives, recognized, and adapt to rapid changes and required capacities, embrace skills, practices and behaviors of futurists and employ disciplined methods of strategic foresight and move towards the future with …

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“Last year, our assignment was basically to position BPE for the future…. which we are doing! Tackling the country’s thorny economic and infrastructure issues is a daunting and seemingly exhausting task, and the enormity of the challenges may make us to wonder why we chose this path. we must, however, tread this noble path to …

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‘The country has only recently emerged from a recession following the hugely disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the resultant constraints in Nigeria’s fiscal space are still very much evident. Our debt stock is rising. On the other hand, our revenue is declining. This trend becomes all the more worrisome when considered against certain …

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“The country’s fiscal space is getting increasingly constrained, as a result, government can not provide the resources required to meet all of its obligations and bridge the huge infrastructure gap, the most feasible option is to attract  private sector investments; BPE’s  current initiatives in its 2021 workplan and additional roles in the PPP space is …

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“However, in order to unlock the requisite financing from the private sector (who would typically raise investment capital through equity, as well as long-term debt from financial institutions), it is important that Nigeria’s PPP policy framework is unambiguous and in tandem with international best practises and adher to the rules that guide issues around bankability.” …

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