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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : He emphasised that policies must be inclusive and felt in households through jobs, healthcare, education, and social protection.
55% : He said the removal of fuel subsidies, deregulation of the foreign exchange market, tighter borrowing discipline, and the naira-for-crude policy were bold choices that laid the foundation for stability.
55% : The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, further said the Federal Government was determined to ensure that trade policies were translated into practical outcomes that boosted exports, created jobs, and embedded Nigeria firmly in global value chains.
48% : The NESG chairman outlined seven areas that should guide reform consolidation, including industrialisation, infrastructure, investor confidence, fiscal sustainability, inclusion, institutional strengthening, and security.
42% : Oduwole disclosed that the government had taken concrete steps to deepen trade integration across Africa.
41% : Asked for his reaction to social media comments that the Federal Government might be pushed to dissolve PENGASSAN because a strike by its members threatened energy security, Osifo responded, "Does the law prohibit workers' right to strike?" Similarly, the General Secretary of PENGASSAN, Lumumba Okugbawa, said, "Is Nigeria not bigger than any individual or institution?" Also speaking, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, said the Federal Government would not relent in its support for domestic production as part of efforts to stabilise the economy and sustain growth.
39% : "Dead businesses don't employ workers, they don't pay salaries, and they don't pay taxes," he warned, stressing that regulators must enable, not stifle, private sector growth.
37% : "The next focus of government is sustaining the reform for achieving growth and development.

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