By Henry Umoru
VICE President Mohammed Namadi Sambo said  that the first implementation Plan, NIP of four years for the country’s vision 20:2020 would gulp a total of N32 trillion naira.

Speaking yesterday  at the Validation Workshop on draft first National Implementation Plan(NIP) for the Nigeria Vision 20:2020, held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Vice President Sambo disclosed that of the said amount, the three tiers of government expected to invest a total of N19 trillion while N13 trillion is expected from the Private sector.

Represented by the Minister/Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, the Vice President called on the private sector to partner with the government in the development process of Nigeria by “accepting the well proven fact that only in an environment of complimentarity in the activities of the public and private sectors can the goals that we have set for ourselves be effectively realized.

“By the design of the two documents, the private sector is expected to be the engine of growth, while the government is expected to scale up its responsibility of providing the necessary level-playing field for the private sector to thrive and, as such, attain the goals and objectives of the NV20:2020”.

Vice President Sambo who acknowledged the fact the money for the implementation is quite enormous, stressed that it was arrived at after careful and studious deliberation, adding, “besides, we have a strong resolve to push ahead, convinced that we can do it, and do it well. We must realize that since citizens of other countries will not leave their own countries to come and develop our country for us, we must take the bull by the horn and forge ahead.