DAWN Commission has announced an emergency economic summit for the Southwest involving the Southwest Finance Commissioners as well as their Budget and Planning counterparts.
The summit theme is “#COVID19 Pandemic: Western Nigeria Economic Outlook 2020-2022″
The aim of the meeting is to fashion a way forward for the Region’s economy in the wake of the pandemic and fallen oil prices. It is abundantly clear that the country would experience severe economic challenges over the next 12 to 18 months.
To this effect, the Six States would be in conversation with economic experts in order to come up with a short to medium term agenda which will strengthen the economy and enable it withstand the looming downturn the country’s economy faces