The Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr.
Jim Ovia (CON), has lauded the federal government’s
economic team for pulling the economy out of economic recession, acknowledging
that the country’s economic outlook shows that it is now on a growth
trajectory.
Giving his goodwill message at the
Deloitte in Dialogue Nigeria Economic Outlook 2019 event on Thursday, January
31, 2019 at the Civic Centre in Lagos, the Chairman of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia
focused on two key points – ease of doing business, and the nation’s inflation
rate.
He commended the present economic
team on the nation’s remarkable improvement on the ease of doing business
index. Special praise was accorded the two ministers present at the event – the
Honorable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed and the Honorable Minister of
Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma – as well as the Honorable
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, and the Governor of the Central
Bank of Nigeria.
While commending the ministers for an
excellent job, Mr. Ovia charged them with the responsibility of further
improving the nation’s ranking on the ease of doing business index. In his
words, “the target for the ease of doing business for Nigeria in 2019 in terms of
ranking, should be single digit”.
According to Mr. Ovia, we are no
longer in recession and we have been able to manage the rate of inflation. The
outlook for the nation shows that we are “now on a growth trajectory”.
