Nigeria Must Use Its Creativity To Aid Job Creation – Wale Edun

Wale Edun

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has outlined the nation’s economic growth imperatives. He recently revealed that Nigeria needs diversification and more productivity across various sectors to progress as a nation.

Commending the theme of this year’s course, “Economic Diversification and National Development: Leveraging the Orange Economy and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Growth in Nigeria,” he described the focus as both timely and necessary, especially as Nigeria continues to intensify efforts to recalibrate its economic structure.

He added that He observed that Nigeria’s overdependence on a narrow revenue base has repeatedly exposed the economy to external shocks and internal fragilities.

His words, “Our challenge is not the absence of creativity. It is how to design policies that can convert that creativity into scalable economic outcomes like job creation, enterprises, and measurable contributions to GDP.

Macroeconomic stability is not an abstract goal. It is the foundation upon which enterprise can flourish, investments can grow, and livelihoods can improve.”

WOW.