On Monday, top presidential contenders and their representatives, among others, spoke at the Nigerian Bar Association’s annual general conference in Lagos about the 2023 elections and the judiciary’s importance in maintaining Nigeria’s democracy.
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Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Kashim Shettima, who represented Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, were among the prominent politicians that attended the meeting.
Others include Adewole Adebayo, a candidate for the Social Democratic Party, and Dumebi Kachikwu, a candidate for the African Democratic Congress, former senator, Dino Melaye; AIT founder, Raymond Dokpesi; Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki; Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong and Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie;
The “Bold Transitions” themed event focused on the nation’s overall metamorphosis as well as the problem of metamorphosis in the judiciary.
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Turn-taking speakers discussed various topics on which the country should concentrate and make the necessary changes for a better future.
Peter Obi of the LP said the “only way” to stabilise the naira is for the Nigerian economy to “move from consumption to production.”
He said Nigeria must be able to manufacture and export to earn dollars to stabilise the Naira.
On the other hand, Mr Adewole Adebayo shared that one of the ways of making the Naira stable is to refrain from having “a dual system where one person who has a friend in the Central bank can make $30 million dollars by buying at the official rate and selling to the hard-working people” at an increased rate.
He added that “importers and supermarket owners should not be making more money than manufacturers and farmers.”
Mr Shettima highlighted that an “important tool of growing the economy”, is ”diversification of sources of our income. “Ours is a great nation in chains. Chained by ineptitude, chained by corruption and chained by incapacity,” he said.
Furthermore, Atiku Abubakar said there were two ways to stabilise the economy.
- “Multiple exchange rate,” must be “abolished.”
- The “convergence of official and unofficial rates” must be allowed.
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