Author: Adefolarin Olamilekan

“Budget of Sustaining Growth and Job Creation” is the year 2020 executive budget proposal of President Mohammadu Buhari presented to joint session of the National Assembly, Abuja on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 with N10.33 trillion been the total budget. However, N10.33 trillion is estimated as the total Federal Government revenue in 2020 and comprises oil revenue N2.64 trillion, non-oil tax revenues of N1.81 trillion and other revenues of N3.7 trillion. This is 7 percent higher than the 2019 comparative estimate of N7.594 trillion inclusive of the Government Owned Enterprises. According to President Buhari “investing in critical infrastructure is a key component of…

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No doubt at the heart of every economic development lies technology the world over. Those judicious roles played by technology that fuels economic development just like it is the lack of it resulting from poor policies that ruin the industrialization of any country. Today, the new source of competitive advantage is technology centricity: deeply understanding how technology can boost economic development. Authentically, what increasingly separates winners from losers is the ability to transform opportunity into results. And as the famous English philosopher John Locke rightly said” I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thought” …

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