of the Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020 is to launch Nigeria into the league of the 20
largest economies in the world by year 2020.
4.2.2 The visioning process involved active participation and input from a broad
spectrum of Nigerians in the public and private sectors of the economy both
at home and in the Diaspora. Experts from various Ministries, Departments
and Agencies of Federal, State and Local Governments as well as NonGovernmental Organizations and captains of commerce and industry
participated in the visioning process.
The various sectors of the economy were mapped out into 29 thematic areas,
namely, Agriculture; Business Environment and Competiveness; Corporate
Governance; Culture, Tourism and National Orientation; Education;
Employment; Energy; Environment; Financial Sector; Foreign Policy;
Government; Health; Housing; Human Development; ICT, Judiciary & Rule of
Law; Manufacturing; Media and Communications; Niger Delta and Regional
Development; Political System; Science and Technology; Security; SMEs;
Sports Development; Trade and Commerce; Transport; Urban and Rural
Development; Water and Sanitation.
Twenty –nine National Technical
Working Groups comprising experts drawn across the spectrum of the public
and private sectors of the economy were constituted to produce the draft
blueprint for the various sectors. The Government also constituted nine
Special Interest Groups (SIG), comprising among others, People with
Disabilities (PWD); Judiciary; National Assembly; Women and Youth.
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