Our reforms will solve 80% of Nigeria’s bureaucratic challenges – Shettima

Shettima said this at the official presentation of the draft National Public Policy Development and Management Framework at the State House.

The event, at the State House, featured a presentation by the Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Head of the Central Delivery Coordination Unit (CDCU), Hadiza Usman.

Describing the new policy framework as a transformative approach that has been “long overdue” in Nigeria’s governance architecture, Shettima called for a national reset in the conception, communication, and execution of government policies.

“If we get our institutional frameworks right, we will solve 80% of our public policy challenges. This approach is long overdue,” he said.

He called for a national reset in the way public policy is conceived, communicated, and implemented, noting that the mitochondria of every government is a workable national public policy.

Commending President Bola Tinubu’s leadership, Shettima praised the President’s unique blend of public and private sector experience and his readiness to implement bold reforms.

“For the first time, we have a leader who understands the dynamics and speaks the language of economics. He has the courage to take far-reaching decisions. We cannot but commend President Tinubu for his very promising reforms across all sectors of the national economy,” he said.

He also stressed the importance of policy clarity and communication, pointing out that reforms must be clearly understood by the public and consistently implemented across all tiers of government.

Shettima advocated for data-driven policy execution and real-time monitoring, just as he also called for enforceable consequences within the policy framework.