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Nigeria Agenda 2050 is approved by the FEC more than two years after its inauguration

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In this file photo, President Muhammadu Buhari presides over the Federal Executive Council meeting.

By 2050, it is intended to elevate Nigeria to the rank of an Upper Middle-Income Country, then a High-Income Country.

The Nigeria Agenda 2050, which aims to increase real GDP growth by 7%, create 165 million new jobs, and lower the number of people living in poverty to 2.1 million in 2050, has also been approved by the Federal Executive Council.

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The National Steering Committee for the creation of the Medium-Term National Development Plan for 2021 to 2025 and Nigeria Agenda 2050 was established by President Muhammadu Buhari around 29 months ago.

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By 2050, it is intended to elevate Nigeria to the rank of an Upper Middle-Income Country, then a High-Income Country.

The National Population Commission would purchase software for the National Census in May 2023, and the council further approved spending of 2.8 billion naira on that project.

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