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. 39

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