- Promise to assist government in formulating economic policies beneficial to the people.
The New Chairman of Institute of Chartered Economist of Nigeria (ICEN), Kogi state chapter, Nasir Rahman Ichanyi has stated that the institute under his watch would help government in the state in formulating sound economic policies that would have positive impacts on the lives of the people.
The State Chairman of the professional body made this known in Lokoja shortly after the official inauguration of the State Executive of the institute at the conference room of local government services commission.
In his inaugural speech, Mr Nasir Ichanyi noted that “in the face of the current economic effects of the removal of fuel subsidy, the professional opinions of Economist are invaluable to keep the economic balance between survival and spending power of the people.”
He added that “in charting the way forward on measures to put in place to cushion the effects of the economy. We are confident that the application of these times-and-season-proof economic principles will come in handy to keep the country far from the shores of economic recession.”
He further said though the the Kogi state chapter of the Institute of Chartered Economist of Nigeria is relatively new in the state, he and his team are determined to nurture the institute from infancy into a full blown institute to be reckoned with, stating that high level of professionalism shall be deployed to cater for the growth needs of the institute in accordance with world standard.
