From Sekyen Dadik, Kaduna

The Chairman, Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), Alhaji Aliyu Yelwa has accused past administrations at all levels of government of mismanaging the economy.

The Federal Government, for the first time in 16 years, has pledged to warehouse and deliberate on the recommendations of the ongoing Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) conference.

Vision 20:2020 is the most revered   economic blueprint of the Federal Government.  It was conceived out of government’s desire to actualise a dream of joining the league of the world’s 20 top economies come 2020.  The National Planning Commission (NPC), is at the fore-front of driving the initiative and has engaged private operators explaining the objectives behind the vision. The latest of such series of interface was with Northern business men, Northern private sector operators. The setting was Kano state and date, was October 4 and 5. Our reporter, Musa Adamu, who covered the proceedings recounts what transpired in this report.

The volume of trade between Nigeria and China in the first quarter this year stood at $7 billion (about N10.43 billion) in favour of China.