Abba Kyari<\/a> rightfully asserted the financial provisions of the old law had outlived their stated purpose. Continuation with this outmoded financial regime enriched the oil companies while depriving Nigeria of a fair bargain.<\/p>\n\u201cBillions of dollars that should have landed in our national coffers to fund public infrastructure and essential social services instead found residence in the balance sheets of the oil firms.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was no attempt to deprive the oil majors. We want the firms to make a just profit for their efforts; however, they have been receiving a surplus at the expense of our minimal developmental needs. This is not as things should be.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe companies are Nigeria\u2019s long-term business partners and we have no interest in denigrating them; all we seek is a fair, equitable relationship. The new amendments provide this.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amendments demonstrate the important progress to be made when the National Assembly and the Presidency work in harmony for the collective good. Efforts by past governments to amend the law got bogged in failure due to the intervention of special interests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time, finally, the national interests were considered weightier than the special interests of a few. President Buhari and the National Assembly leadership should be commended for this singular achievement.<\/p>\n
\u201cChief of Staff Kyari titled his commentary \u201cToward a New Deal for Nigeria.\u201d This is appropriate and more than symbolic. The title recalls a challenging time in the history of the United States. That nation was in the throes of economic contraction.
\nBola Ahmed Tinubu<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people would vote to remove the austere, insensitive party that had governed the nation for over a decade simply by catering to the wealthy. The people voted for a compassionate, progressive government headed by a committed principled leader to steer the nation out of danger. No two historical situations are identical. But, there are important similarities between our circumstance and the challenges America faced during that period.<\/p>\n
\u201cFaced with steep economic challenges, the administration of Franklin Roosevelt dedicated itself to reforming the economy in order to bring prosperity to a hurt and struggling population.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn so doing, he would reform, at times reinvent, the nation\u2019s economic institutions and laws. This would change the relationship between the average citizen and the American government for the better. This was the essence of the New Deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch beneficial reform is what the Buhari government seeks but in a more complex and challenging environment. The American challenge was exclusively economic. The Nigerian challenge is multi-faceted.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Buhari first had to tackle insecurity and the terrorism of Boko Haram. He then had to throttle corruption in official circles so that government could be responsive to the people\u2019s needs instead of serving those who enriched themselves from government coffers.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had to grapple and make headway with these fundamental problems before shifting primary focus on economic reform. As the title of Chief of Staff Kyari\u2019s composition indicate, we now move toward a New Deal for Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Buhari is intent on reforming the economy that it may answer the needs of the majority of our people. Establishing the Economic Council of Advisers (EAC) was an innovative, bold step, assembling our nation\u2019s top economic minds to shape economic programmes and policy. Along with his ministers and other officials, the EAC will offer the president their best professional advice on how to improve all aspects of the economy and government\u2019s role in it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amended Deep Offshore Act is not an isolated, solitary act. It is a harbinger.Just as the amended Act brings to the oil sector overdue reform that will benefit national development, the Buhari administration will take a critical look at all major segments of the economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will do so with an eye to reforming what needs to be reformed and improving what needs to be improved. Just as the oil sector has been made better, all other sectors of the economy will be strengthened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe end result will be an economy transformed into one that provides hope, opportunity and meaningful livelihoods for all.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndeed, we move toward a New Deal for Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Deep Offshore Act in London. Tinubu also commended the president\u2019s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari for traveling to London to present the bill to Buhari for assent. DAILY POST reported that Kyari presented the amended Deep Offshore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":11688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[37,97,158],"class_list":["post-17661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-bola-tinubu","tag-buhari","tag-presidency"],"yoast_head":"\n
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