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Highlights of activities at presidential retreat on Monday –Presidency

Ezekiel Johnson
Ezekiel Johnson
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One of the major highlights of the activities of the presidential retreat held in Abuja on Monday is an  overview of the work of the Policies, Programmes and Projects Audit Committee, PPPAC, by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

PPPAC was established by President Muhammadu Buhari in March 2019 and chaired by the Vice President, with a mandate to review the performance in the first term and outline a roadmap for the new administration.

The retreat which is for Ministers-designate and senior government officials, had its opening ceremony presided over by President Buhari.

The retreat follows the screening and confirmation of the Ministers-designate by the National Assembly, and holds ahead of their swearing-in by the President on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at the State House.

Apart from the overview of the work PPPAC, other highlights of the occasion were presentations on National Security, Economic Development and Anti-Corruption Agenda, after which participants engaged in eleven breakout sessions to deliberate on issues across the priority policy areas of the administration.

These sessions covered Security; Macroeconomic Stability; Agriculture and Food Security; Energy Security in petroleum products and electricity; Transportation and Critical Infrastructure; Industrialisation and SME Development; Human Capital Development; Social Inclusion; Anti-Corruption; and Housing Financing and Consumer Credit.

Declaring the retreat open, President Buhari charged the incoming Ministers to ensure that all hands were on deck to realise the administration’s vision of laying the grounds for the lifting of 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years.

The president also asked them to take seriously their responsibility to develop and implement policies, programmes and projects, and harped on the importance of working as a team and communicating amongst themselves and with the Nigerian people.

The two-day presidential retreat ends on Tuesday.

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