Minister Tasks NIPSS On Solutions To National Challenges

Minister of budget and economic planning, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has urged members of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Jos, Plateau State to evolve solutions to Nigeria's social and economic challenges.

Bagudu threw the challenge when he received participants of the Senior Executive Course 46 of the institute in his office yesterday in Abuja

He said some of the issues confronting Nigeria as a nation might require out-of-the box solutions.

“The NIPSS was created in the wisdom of our forefathers to train senior management personnel that can bring unusual solutions to problems confronting us,” he said.

The minister urged the participants to eschew self-interest and make decisions that can assist the nation to make better choices.

Bagudu said that the national planning function of the ministry comes from the National Planning Commission.

He said the digital economy is one area that the ministry was looking at for mass youth engagement and economic prosperity. (NAN)