African centre for leadership, strategy and development centre lsd. The vision envisaged that nigeria would attain a sustainable socioeconomic development by the year 2020. The problems of national development in nigeria in spite of series of development strategies, put in place by successive governments, and sometimes with good. Our study hence concentrates on the two objectives. Evidence from national accounts 163 one of the vision objectives is to make the nigerian economy less oildependent and strengthen domestic industry. Thirthy eight per cent of nigeria s population is urban. Mediumterm development plans and national rolling plans were also developed and implemented with mixed results. This is the rationale for having the zanzibar vision 2020. The stakeholder development committee includes state governments, federal ministries, departments and agencies mdas and other key institutions. Development partners reduced absolute poverty from 24. Context for vision 2030 jamaica national development plan. The survey included approximately 168,100 participants, ages 1564 years and children, ages 014 years, from.
In place, have been four national development plans and rolling plans including development policies such as structural adjustment programme sap, vision 2010, national economic empowerment development strategies needs and currently vision 2020. Tanzania five year development plan 201617 2020 21 fydp ii pg. The vision of the master brand is to build the premier online destination for authentic nigerian content, using technology, creativity, arts and culture to push the new national agenda. The nigeria vision 2020 economic transformation blueprint is a ten year plan for stimulating nigerias economic growth and launching the country onto a path of sustained and rapid economic growth to become one of the top twenty economies by 2020. These policies are aimed at poverty eradication and wealth creation. By 2020, nigeria will be one of the 20 largest economies in the world able to consolidate its. Months to end of vision 2020, nigeria mulls another. Nigeria experience in development planning has been a failure. Strategic goal vision 2020, which aims to launch nigeria into the league of the top 20. The nigeria vision 2020 is a bottomup strategic plan in which each major stakeholder group will prepare its v2020 thoughts and ideas based on the guidelines approved by the national council. The first volume volume i contains three main parts.
The framework also offers a blueprint for sustainable political development in nigeria. Reflections on the national economic empowerment and development strategy needs 20032007. With the expiring vision 2020 failing to make nigeria one of the 20 strongest economies in the world by 2020, the government is considering the introduction of another longterm development plan. Conclusively, the attainment of the nigerias vision 20 2020 and other development milieu such as seven point agenda, national economic empowerment and development strategy needs and millennium development goals mdgs etc can hardly be achieved without a very strong backing of entrepreneurial development culture. It was originally set up by decree no 12 of 1992 as the national planning commission and later amended by act 71 of 1993. D abstract the paper discussed the status of the economy of nigeria currently. The actual implementation of vision 2020 and the fifth national development plan is scheduled to start on january 2, 2010. Nigerias vision 2020 nigerian economic and growth recovery plan ergp 2017 2020 national integrated infrastructure master plan national industrial revolution plan. He stressed that the document represented the articulation of the nation s collective aspirations. This abridged version summarizes, in five sections, the focus, objectives, strategies. A new director general was also appointed at the national agency for the control of aids naca, dr.
The vision was that by 2020 lesotho would be a stable democracy and a united, prosperous nation at peace with itself and its neighbours. Igbokwe and enwere,2001,seniyi,1998 brief overviews of a few developmental strategies in nigeria are. Our long term development philosophy the vision 2020 is the vehicle that will take zanzibar on that course. Reintegration, rehabilitation and reconstruction, as part of a followup development plan to the no victor, no vanquished. The federal ministry of budget and national planning is one of the federal ministries of nigeria. Vivid description of vision by the year 2020, our children. Journal of sustainable development in africa volume 12, no. As at today, the vision of nigeria remains the vision. Vision 2040 national development plan of the bahamas. Therefore the vision 2020 which will operate under a democratic setting would provide and achieve concrete result in our bid to be one of the worlds most 20 economically developed countries of the world by the year 2020. Implementation, monitoring and evaluation framework. In 2009, the federal republic of nigeria set some ambitious objectives. It is a long term plan meant to stimulate nigerias economic growth and launch the country into a path of sustained and rapid socialeconomic development.
The nigerian government and key vision 2020 stakeholder groups have already taken concrete steps towards the development of the vision 2020 plan such as. It is obvious that the current results so far are not what development connotes. It made some comparisons between nigeria and south africa, which revealed that. The blueprint articulates nigerias economic growth and. Importantly, the site is intended to facilitate greater interaction with you our stakeholders. Become one of the 20 largest economies in the world by year 2020. To overcome the challenges highlighted above, the nigeria vision 20. Vision 2020 and the fifth national development plan is scheduled to start on january 2, 2010. Work in progress as at 261009 not for circulation plans that included sector specific visions, policy targets, objectives and priorities for their respective thematic areas and formulated strategies, initiatives and implementation plans. Financial system strategy 2020 central bank of nigeria.
By present trends, the proportion of urban population is estimated to reach over 50 per cent by the year 2010. Is abacha s ghost still hounding nigeria to see to the end of the country, come the year 2020. Algeria establishment of a national vision 2030 new zealand 30year infrastructure plan malaysia vision 2020, wawasan2020. Is that the year that abacha vision 2020 terminates of begins. Amidst various reforms agenda, policies, development plans and programmes, vision 2010, sevenpoint agenda and a host of others, nigerian leaders have. The purpose of this study is to examine the human resources development of nigeria as the road map for vision 20. The government unfolded an ambitious development plan, called the vision 2020, wherein it envisioned or projected that, by next year, 2020, nigeria would be one of the first 20 economies in the world. In january, 2006 china initiated a 20year medium to longterm plan for development of science and technology termed chinas medium and longterm national talent plan 2010 2020. The economic recovery and growth plan ergp, a medium term plan for 2017 2020, builds on the sip and has been developed for the purpose of restoring economic growth while leveraging the ingenuity. Vision 2030 jamaica national development plan is the roadmap for. The pronouncement by the minister of national planning commission npc, dr. Gol and development partners are committed to support implementation of the pfm reform action plan. By 2020, nigeria will be one of the 20 largest economies in the world able to consolidate its leadership role in africa and establish itself as a significant player in the global economic and.
From 2000, it was pushed to 2010 where we had vision 2010, and then we had vision 20. One of the main objectives of vision 2020 is to place nigeria in the top 20 leading economies of the world by the year 2020. Amidst various reforms agenda, policies, development plans and programmes, vision 2010, sevenpoint agenda and a host of others, nigerian leaders have articulated the vision 20. Vision2040, will provide a roadmap for the future development of the bahamas. It is the year 2018, and it looks as though the country is still where it was at the inception of the plna. Although urbanisation is a global phenomenon, nigeria s urban growth rate of 57 per cent makes it one of the most rapidly urbanising countries in the world. Newly elected nigerian president muhammadu buhari faces many challenges. Though development planning has been a consistent phenomenon in nigerias administrative system, it is worrisome that these plans have not achieved the expected results. Vision 2020 is aligned with the goals of the national development plan ndp. This site provides you with information on vision 2030 jamaica national development plan, the medium term socioeconomic policy framework mtf 20182021, and related issues.
By 2020, nigeria will be one of the 20 largest economies in the world able to consolidate its leadership role in africa and establish itself as a. A recent effort initiated by the government in realizing national developmental goal. The nigerian public as well as some nigerian economists doubt. One of which was to become among the top 20 economies in terms of gdp size by 2020. Attainment of the vision would enable the country to achieve a high standard of living for its citizens. He has the herculean task of reversing fifty years of decay that exists at the heart of nigerias current development and security architecture. The tour nigeria brand is an ambitious, timely and visionary brand for promoting domestic tourism in nigeria. Oct 02, 2009 the framework also offers a blueprint for sustainable political development in nigeria. Among, and perhaps the most recent of these development plans is the nigerias vision 20. However, due to some developmental challenges in nigeria vision 20. For this vehicle to run smoothly, it has to be owned by the people through their democratic and representative institution.
The plan has, among its aims, the desire to place the country. Problems of nigeria development plan and possible solutions. Now that vision 2020 is about to expire, they want to formulate another one. Federal ministry of budget and national planning nigeria. Addressing nigerian development and the structure of the economy through education prof.
Addressing stakeholders in the economy at the validation workshop on vision 2020 at the state house in abuja, vice president goodluck jonathan praised the experts who worked diligently to chart a path towards the realisation of nigeria s development goal towards the year 2020. As far as the public service remains the implementing organ of government, implementation of the vision 20. National development plan of nigeria commonwealth governance. The ten year plan of development and welfare for nigeria could not be actually be termed as plan in real sense because it contained mainly a list of uncoordinated projects in various regions. Pdf nigeria vision 2020 economic transformation plan. Abdulhamid 2008 traced the history of the dream to a research conducted by economists at an american investment bank, a fallout of which was a prediction that nigeria would be in the league of 20 top economies by year 2025. In 2004, he dreamt that nigeria will emerge one of the 20 largest economies of the world in 2025. The vision is a concept of national development, which aims at moving nigerias economy into the league of the worlds 20 largest economies by the year 2020. Back in 1995, the country convened a 2020 development plan.
Its vision, that nigeria becomes one of the twenty largest economies in the world by 2020, is uninspiring. Then president umaru yaradua was interested in a document that could be the development roadmap for nigeria. Vision 2020 is a framework for rwandas development, presenting the key priorities and providing rwandans with a guiding tool for the future. This plan looks good on paper, sounds so good to the ears and even to the minds eye vision 2020. Naca successfully completed the largest hivaids survey in the world, the nigeria hivaids indicator and impact survey, and the results were made public in 2019. According to the fiscal responsibility act, the executive must submit an mtef. Government focus to nurture an industrial economy pg. In addition, the youth as the dominant labour force whose productivity impacts on the economic growth process, how educated and healthier the youth are, greatly reflects on that contributions in the economic growth of the nation udoma, 2004 and by extension, the realization of vision 2020. Shamsuddeen usman, that the realisation of the vision 20. The vision 2020 blueprint, as the document is known, was presented. Aug 26, 2015 nigeria vision 2020 that was developed by the administration of former president olusegun obasanjo was one such effort, but amid many other challenges, it has fallen by the wayside.
Constructing the continents first sky train was the most ambitious part of that vision plan. Vision 2025 nigerian tourism development corporation. Addressing nigerian development and the structure of the economy through education. Going beyond vision 2020 in nigeria how africa news. Failed development vision, political leadership and nigerias. The problem of economic and social progress has been a major concern of many nations in both the developed and developing countries of the world.
The plan will include a comprehensive policy framework that will guide government decision making and investment over the next 25 years. The vision 2020 if well implemented will assist the country in achieving the millennium development goals mdgs targets. There will be increased membership drive for osn and strengthening of zonal and state branches. The plan has, among its aims, the desire to place the country among the top 20 developed economies. Shamsudeen usman, the minister of national planning, recently confirmed what many of us knew all along, that the. Nigeria has had a relatively long experience in development planning beginning with the. Development strategy for nigeria moses akpobasah at a 2day nigeria meeting organized by the overseas development institute, london, 1617 june 2004 contact. They indicate among others the current situation, challenges to be addressed, the objectives to be achieved, as well as, the strategies that will be employed to achieve the desired results. Nigeria has had a relatively long experience in development planning beginning with the colonial development plan 195868. Nigeria has over the years embarked on various national and rolling development plans. We argued then that nigeria vision 20 2020 agenda is an attempt by the nigerian. It was developed by nigerians for the nigerian people and involved a process of thorough engagement with all.
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