{"id":32893,"date":"2014-11-06T14:40:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T13:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=32893"},"modified":"2014-11-06T14:40:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T13:40:52","slug":"gejs-transformation-agenda-truly-working-miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/gejs-transformation-agenda-truly-working-miracles\/","title":{"rendered":"GEJ&#8217;s\u00a0 Transformation Agenda Truly Working Miracles."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">It is not in dispute that the Federal Government under the indefatigable President Jonathan has made considerable progress with its growth and localism agendas. New tools have been added of late to the regeneration tools kit of the present administration by development which has spread across\u00a0 every sector\u00a0and \u00a0further shaped plans for the future.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">President Jonathan took over from his predecessor who died by twist of fate\u00a0 with his boots\u00a0 on. His first task though onerous was to restore the health of the ailing economy\u00a0 by dint of hard work . To improve standards of living and free Nigerians from the shackles of\u00a0 poverty , unemployment, poor health etc economic growth was deemed absolutely necessary and this he fought\u00a0 with dogged determination by\u00a0 making\u00a0 Nigeria rise from behind to become\u00a0 the largest economy on the continent,\u00a0 a rare feat which Nigeria has never dreamt of under his predecessors.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">With a strong national economy further strategies were put in place by our economy experts to encourage locally-driven growth that is sustainable\u00a0 and fair, encouraging business investment and promoting economic development, thanks to Dr Ngozi Iweala, a globally renowned Nigerian\u00a0 the Finance Minister, who is also the Coordinating Minister of the Nigerian Economy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">Dr Ngozi Iweala\u00a0 saw the need to employ a new approach by ensuring that\u00a0 local economies prosper,\u00a0\u00a0 that parts of the country previously over-reliant on public\u00a0 funding see a resurgence in private sector enterprise and employment; and\u00a0 that everyone gets to share in the resulting growth. The dividends of this economic wizardry gave\u00a0 us a new status on the continent after a re-basing calculation of our GDP. This is a remarkable achievement that would be talked about for a long time to come. Her economic policies breathed economic life into sectors\u00a0 that were previously untapped thereby \u00a0reducing the load of unemployment in the country. An estimated 1.6 million jobs we reliably gathered was created by the Federal Government in 2013.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">The Transformation Agenda\u00a0 by\u00a0 President Jonathan has in deed worked miracles by\u00a0 removing barriers that hinder local ambitions,\u00a0providing targeted investment and reform to strengthen the infrastructure for growth and regeneration and to support the most\u00a0 vulnerable, Nollywood the\u00a0 Nigerian Film Industry today, for instance , is a huge employer of labour and\u00a0 foreign exchange earner for Nigeria.\u00a0 In fact this has\u00a0 all\u00a0 been\u00a0 about widening opportunities, growing the local economy, and improving people&#8217;s lives.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\u00a0This administration has been freeing up places to grow their economies by providing powerful incentives for\u00a0 delivery. Following the elimination of middle men fertilizers,\u00a0 I have it on good authority , are\u00a0 now sold directly to farmers by the Federal Government and over 6 million farmers we reliably gathered benefit from this scheme annually thereby giving us\u00a0 a thriving agro-based\u00a0 economy. A clear departure from Obasanjo&#8217;s Operation Feed The Nation and Shehu Shagari&#8217;s\u00a0 Green Revolution Programmes which did not yield any fruitful dividend. Before President\u00a0 Jonathan our food import bill was astronomically high and this stood at N1.1 trillion but today it has reduced drastically to N680bn!<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">It is not in dispute that\u00a0the Federal \u00a0Government\u00a0has \u00a0continued to help rebalance growth across the country except the north eastern flank\u00a0 being ravaged by bloody insurgency. Men, they often say are the architects of their misfortunes. Militancy has greatly impeded development in that \u00a0parts of the country that is why the armed militants must lay down arms\u00a0and embrace\u00a0peace\u00a0in \u00a0order to benefit from \u00a0this rare opportunity provided by President Jonathan&#8217;s on-going Transformation Agenda. This will\u00a0 allow for rehabilitation , reconstruction and \u00a0\u00a0connect the embattled north eastern province\u00a0 to \u00a0\u00a0growth and opportunities nearby.\u00a0\u00a0A\u00a0 word , it is said, is enough for the wise.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">Iyoha John Darlington , aka Lington Donovan writes from Turin, Italy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">Email: jamestmichael2003@yahoo.com<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not in dispute that the Federal Government under the indefatigable President Jonathan has made considerable progress with its growth and localism agendas. 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