In a bid to help Nigeria come out of her economic recession as quick as possible, the United Nation Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has pledged to send a special envoy to the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum, NYPF, Summit, scheduled to take place in New York on September 24.
U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, made this gesture during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
“The world should act with great urgency and compassion to ease economic distress”, Ban Ki Moon said.
A statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, by Miss Owomilere Obe, Director of Communications of the forum, said that the summit was aimed at providing solutions to the recession facing the country.
The UN Secretary-General, former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Charles Soludo and Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, are expected to attend the summit, according to the statement.
“The summit is part of efforts to resolve the present economic crisis in Nigeria, and assist with credible projects that could potentially elevate Nigeria from its current status, as a third world country.“The theme of the summit is X-raying the Current Nigeria’s Economic Challenges and Our Foreign Policy, Prospect and Solution.
“We can no longer pretend that Nigeria is not in a recession. This is evident by the dip in government revenues, drop in consumer spending, decline in economic activities, job losses, and most importantly inflation rate.“This is why we have come together as young professionals to address these issues, on the way forward for Nigeria,” Obe said.
She added, that the summit would hold concurrently with the United Nations General Assembly, and it would feature discussions that border on inclusive growth, food security, economy diversification, and foreign direct investment.
Obe, said that representatives of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, World Bank Group, African Development Bank, Bill Gates Foundation, EU, and Rockefeller Foundation, would feature in panel discussions.
NYPF, founded by Moses Siasia, is a non-governmental organisation with more than three million young Nigerian professionals from diverse professions and perspectives.
It recently inaugurated a special seed fund, ‘Young Entrepreneurs and Student Grant Scheme’, for young Nigerians, as part of efforts to grow more indigenous entrepreneurs, and encourage self-reliance.
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