THE President of the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), Olufemi Oyegbola, has expressed the readiness of the group to assist governments, at the three tiers, in its efforts at rebuilding the country.
Oyegbola, who made these remarks at the 10th annual summit of the association, held in Abuja, recently, stated that the call had become necessary; since the task of building any country, requires the inputs of its professionals,
He added that the purpose of the association’s annual summit is to serve as a platform for advocacy on the inherent responsibilities of the nation’s professionals to the nation, and the readiness of the group to collaborate with governments at the three tiers in a well-coordinated manner and for the much- needed sustainable development.
He expressed optimism that the annual Summit of Professionals and other advocacy instruments being deployed by APBN will pave way for optimum utilisation of the enormous potential of the local professionals for a rapid growth.
The APBN President argued that while it might not be fair to assume that any well-meaning government would not be working towards stemming down the challenges of insecurity and other vices, such as the one facing the country, he however noted that the effect of such efforts was taking too long to be felt by the citizenry.
“The summit avails the professionals of our country especially those of the thirty foremost professional associations which are members of the APBN to come together to do an objective assessment of the state of affairs in the country from their own perspectives and deliberate on what needs to be done to take it to the next level.”
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