DOGARA URGES BUSINESS LEADERS TO TACKLE RECESSION

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has charged the president of the Dangote group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, captains of industries and entrepreneurs to make efforts to help Nigeria out of the current recession.

The speaker said this in Benin City, Edo State, at the Governors Ball held in honour of newly sworn in Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, to celebrate his inauguration. Dogara made the call in the presence of many heads of industries and players in the financial sector, including Dangote and AIG Imoukhuede among others. Expressing huge confidence in this group of people to make the necessary impact needed to re engineer the economy. He appealed to them to put their heads together and tame the ugly recession. 

Speaking on the new government in Edo State, Dogara said, judging from the past performances, he was positive that Godwin Obaseki and his deputy Philip Shuaibu, have all it takes to deliver growth and development to the people of Edo State who have given them the mandate to lead them. He said: I had come in contact with the governor when i was serving in the House of Representatives, specifically, on the House Committee on the capital market. He made appearances before the committee, and i can attest to the fact that i knew him to be a man that is very deep. And so, when i heard the news that the people of Edo state have identified him as one of the shining stars that will take over from the governor, that by the popular census, performed credibly well, I knew that they had made a great choice. 

I will say that with our brother, who is the deputy, a man who cut his teeth early in the students union activism, who is an activist, a comrade, I am sure that has better positioned you to pilot the affairs of this state to the required destination.