Lagos Diocese Women, Girls organisation charges FG on economic recession

Diocesan President, Women & Girls’ Organisation, Diocese of Lagos Anglican Communion, Professor (Mrs) Motunrayo Olumakaiye, has admonished the Federal Government not to allow the nation’s economy to slip back to recession.

Olumakaiye said this at the 2019 Centenary Women’s Conference with the theme: “Stronger, Deeper, and Higher”, organised by Women’s and Girls’ Organisation, Diocese of Lagos (Anglican Communion).

“The efforts of the Federal government to successfully rescue the nation out of its worst economic recession in 29 years arecommendable. The experts’ opinion is that the economy is still very fragile; therefore the economic team of this administration should ensure that the nation’s economy does not slip back into recession,” Mrs Olumakaiye said.

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Also speaking at the event, wife of the Lagos State governor, Dr (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, maintained that the drop in food production was as a result of clashes between farmers and herdsmen recorded in most parts of the year, just as she noted that the development reduced and contracted productivity in the agricultural sector.

She also said that the volatility and the unstable prices of crude oil are among the variables largely responsible for the drop in the nation’s economic growth projection in 2018.

Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, Right Reverend Humphrey Olumakaiye, also charged the women to be stronger, deeper and higher in the Lord.

“We must take notice of these great things, we must be aware, we must know that our God is able and He is always available,” he added.