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Tinubu’s Spokesperson of Depravity, Has Wayward Lust for Power, Dogara Fires Back
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has replied the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, over his comments accusing the two presiding officers of the National Assembly of budget impropriety.
Mr Dogara accused the APC leader of having a “wayward lust for power” and promoting a “fascist agenda.”
The speaker, gave the response on Tuesday in a statement by his special adviser on media and public affairs, Turaki Hassan.
Mr Tinubu had alleged that Mr Dogara and Senate President Bukola Saraki have been padding Nigeria’s budget since 2015.
“Just look at the way Saraki, Dogara and their ilk hijacked the budget process these past four years,” Mr Tinubu had said in a statement released by Tunde Rahman, his spokesman.
“National budgets were delayed and distorted as these actors repeatedly sought to pad budgets with pet projects that would profit them. Even worse, they cut funds intended to prosper projects that would have benefitted the average person. After four years of their antics halting the progress of government, we should do all we can to prevent a repeat of their malign control of the National Assembly.”
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday replied Mr Tinubu. He said it is “unfortunate” that after 22 months in the legislature, Mr Tinubu does “not have a better understanding of how the legislature works”.
“Since we have taken it for granted that Tinubu’s attack on Saraki every three months (quarterly) will come as expected, we would just have ignored his statement but for the fact that it was filled with untruth, fallacies and misrepresentations,” Mr Saraki’s office said. “It is unfortunate that a man like Tinubu who had been in the Senate (though for 22 months and under a military regime) should not have a better understanding of how the legislature works.”
Mr Dogara, in his reaction, asked Mr Tinubu to provide evidence to back his allegations.
“we advise Asiwaju Tinubu to be circumspect in his use of language. In this case, he spoke as a spokesperson of depravity,” Mr Dogara said.
“Our reaction must, therefore, be seen as a provoked counter-punch. Anyone can descend into the gutter if he so wishes but no one has a monopoly of gutter language.”
“We won’t run an adult day care centre anymore on matters like this,” he added.
Mr Dogara restated his view that the National Assembly “is not a rubber stamp parliament” and therefore “reserves the right, working cooperatively with the Executive to interrogate projects unilaterally inserted by the Executive branch without the input of or consultation with Parliament.”
He also queried Mr Tinubu’s academic qualifications, saying: “The legislature cannot be accused of padding a budget it has unquestionable constitutional power to review. The budget is a law and the Executive does not make laws.”
“Therefore, it’s only the ignorant and those who hold dubious academic certificates that say the maker of a document has padded the document that only he can constitutionally make.
“In the words of his lordship, Hon Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High court, in suitNo.FHC/ABJ/CS/259/2014 delivered on March 9, 2016, ‘the National Assembly was not created by drafters of the Constitution and imbued with the powers to receive ‘budget estimates’ which the first defendant is constitutionally empowered to prepare and lay before it, as a rubber stamp parliament.”
Read Mr Dogara’s full statement below.
- Tinubu pursuing facist agenda to control all levers of power in Nigeria- Speaker Dogara
- Only the ignorant with dubious academic certificates will say the maker of a document has padded the document that only he can constitutionally make
We have noted the statement issued on April 21, 2019 by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu wherein he stated his reasons for sponsoring or supporting some aspirants to various leadership positions in the forthcoming 9th Assembly. Ordinarily, this would not have elicited any response from His Excellency, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, as Asiwaju is entitled to sponsor those he believes will have no choice but answer to his dog whistles anytime he blows same in his capacity as the self acclaimed National Leader of his party.
2. If Asiwaju had confined his intervention to stubborn facts, this response would not have been necessary. He, however, used the opportunity to manufacture falsehoods and paint a non-existing picture of the stewardship of Mr Speaker and the work of the 8th House of Representatives under his watch. It is therefore, incumbent on us to set the records straight for posterity.
3. Asiwaju Tinubu accused the leadership of the National Assembly of stymieing “the APC legislative initiatives while attempting to hoist noxious reactionary and self interested legislation on the nation”. He said further: “Just look at the way Saraki and Dogara and their ilk hijacked the Budget Process these past four years. National budgets were delayed and distorted as these actors repeatedly sought to pad budgets with pet projects that would profit them”. He continued, “Even worse, they cut funds intended to prosper projects that would have benefited the average person. After four years of their antics halting the progress of government, we should do all we can to prevent a repeat of their malign control of the National Assembly”. He generously used the usual unexplained words like installing a progressive leadership and so on.
4. We do not expect Asiwaju Tinubu to dwell on brazen mendacity, much less murder facts and decorum in his rabid bid to justify his patently clear facist agenda of controlling all levers of power in Nigeria. Asiwaju Tinubu’s nocturnal agenda has no parallel in the history of any democracy and it is more loathsome when he throws caution to the winds and maligns government officials who are doing a yeoman’s job of stabilising the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, even in spite of political differences.
5. It is on record that the Rt. Hon. Speaker has done more to stabilize this government more than Asiwaju Tinubu and his ilk whose stock in trade is scheming, manipulation and subversion especially when they feel they cannot be caught. When the history of Buhari’s administration is written by those who know the truth of what really transpired in the last four years, Asiwaju’s pretentious loyalty to President Buhari will then be exposed. We won’t say more but no matter how long it may last, the truth will one day overtake lies. Perhaps, Asiwaju is still bitter about the leadership contest for Speakership of the 8th Assembly, even though the actors have moved on culminating in Speaker Dogara magnanimously facilitating the appointment of his opponent in the race and Tinubu’s protege as House Majority leader.
6. The chief cause of delay in enacting the budget is the persistent refusal or neglect of the Executive to present it in good time.
For the records, in the last four years, there was no urgency or plan by the Executive to achieve a January to December budget cycle. For the avoidance of doubt, we will show the dates the Budget estimates were submitted by the Executive in the last four years below.
– 2016 Budget was submitted on December 22, 2015, exactly nine days to the end of the year.
– 2017 Budget submitted on December 14,2016, just 17 days to the end of the year.
– 2018 Budget was presented on November 7, 2017, the earliest even though it also fell short of the 90 days stipulated by the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
– 2019 budget was presented on December 19, 2018 exactly 12 days to the end of the year.
As if the late or delayed submission of budget estimates wasn’t enough, in most cases, Ministers and heads of agencies contributed to the so-called delay by consistently refusing to appear before National Assembly Standing Committees to defend their budget proposals in line with the provision of the Law. At some point, the leadership of the National Assembly had to take up the issue with the President who advised his Ministers to honour legislative invitations to defend their budgets.
7. What Nigerians don’t know is that the Executive, through the various Ministries, continued to propose additional projects to be included in the 2018 budget even as at April and May of 2018 which further delayed the passage of the 2018 budget. These were communicated officially and if anyone is in doubt, we will exhibit the letters with the dates they were written and received. In any case, the National Assembly inserted a clause in the Appropriation Bill consistent with S.318 of the Constitution which allowed the Budget to last for 12 months after Mr President’s Assent. This enabled the Executive to spend more of the capital component of the Budget as it still had 12 months protected by law.
8. As an activist legislature, the National Assembly effected an amendment to S. 81(1) of the Constitution to compel Mr President to present the Budget estimates not later than 90 days to the end of a financial year in order to solve this problem but unfortunately, very unfortunately, Mr President declined assent to the bill which was passed by both the National Assembly and over 2/3rds of the State Assemblies.
9. The National Assembly made a further attempt to make the Budget process much better by improving the institutional capacity of the Parliament to process and pass National budgets by passing the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO) Establishment Bill into law. It was loosely modelled after the American Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Again, Mr President declined assent to the Bill.
10. It is important to emphasize that the National Assembly is not a Rubber Stamp Parliament and reserves the right, working cooperatively with the Executive to interrogate projects unilaterally inserted by the Executive branch without the input of or consultation with Parliament. The legislature cannot be accused of padding a Budget it has unquestionable constitutional power to review. The Budget is a law and the Executive does not make laws. Therefore, it’s only the ignorant and those who hold dubious academic certificates that say the maker of a document has padded the document that only he can constitutionally make. In the words of his lordship, Hon Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High court, in suit No.FHC/ABJ/CS/259/2014 delivered on March 9, 2016, “the National Assembly was not created by drafters of the Constitution and imbued with the powers to receive ‘budget estimates’ which the first defendant is constitutionally empowered to prepare and lay before it, as a rubber stamp parliament. The whole essence of the budget estimates being required to be laid before Parliament is to enable it, being the Assembly of the representatives of the people, to debate the said budget proposals and to make its own well informed legislative inputs into it.”
11. The parliamentarians are representatives of the Nigerian people and you don’t expect them to rubber stamp budgets that are heavily skewed and lopsided against most sections of the country. It is their responsibility to ensure equitable and even distribution of capital projects across all the nooks and crannies of the country, if the Executive fails to do so. In any case, it is false to state that legislative intervention in the Budget Process is to benefit the legislators and not their constituencies. We challenge Asiwaju Tinubu to prove otherwise. He should also show in what way the 8th Assembly acted differently from other Assemblies of the past to warrant the kind of language used. In any case, all the aspirants to the Senate Presidency and Speakership he is sponsoring are majority leaders in the 8th Assembly and took part in the Budget Process that he made the chief basis of his crude attack. This proves beyond doubt the hypocrisy of Asiwaju’s stated reasons for supporting his candidates. He should find better reasons other than the lies being peddled about the Budget and obstructing government business. Asiwaju shouldn’t take better informed Nigerians for fools. Otherwise, when he sought to take control of the 8th Senate and 8th House in 2015, was it because of any Budget Saraki and Dogara had delayed or pet projects they had inserted into any Budget before 2015? Asiwaju must come clean on this matter. He should let Nigerians know why he wants to install both the Senate President, the Speaker and leadership of the 9th Assembly. He may yet win the support of some of them if he comes clean on this matter.
12. The 8th National Assembly is on record to have supported Mr President’s requests on critical issues of governance. We backed him by Resolution on the issue of fuel subsidy, we backed him on the National Minimum wage, even though we were more sympathetic to workers’ rights. In security matters, we never cut any proposal from Mr President save our refusal to rubber stamp a clear constitutional overreach of spending $1 billion in arms purchase without appropriation. We have passed more Bills than any Assembly before us including Bills that are helping the government improve the ease of doing business in Nigeria, and there were times we passed Bills within 2 legislative days. Is Tinubu genuinely ignorant of all these?
13. We challenge Asiwaju Tinubu to list out the Bills he claimed were not passed by the National Assembly. The oil and gas or petroleum sector is the most important and critical sector of our economy which accounts for over 70 percent of our earnings, the Executive didn’t forward a single Bill to the National Assembly to reform and reposition the sector in the last four years even when repeatedly urged to do so by Mr Speaker in his first year in office. The lawmakers waited in vain and had to take the bold initiative of crafting a Bill – Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PGIB) among others, passed it in record time and transmitted same to Mr President for assent. This Bill was vetoed without an alternative Legal framework proposed by the Executive. Did Asiwaju miss this also?
14. Asiwaju Tinubu should mention the so-called bills the Executive sent to the National Assembly and were delayed to show he is a man of honour or forever keep his peace.
Could someone also challenge Asiwaju to list all the “ noxious reactionary and self interested legislation on the nation”? Can he name the bills that are reactionary and not in the national interest? Is this how wayward lust for power blinds the reasoning of people we should ordinarily respect? Is it not most unfair, unpatriotic and wicked for Asiwaju Tinubu to have resorted to factoids in promoting his known fascist agenda which he mistakenly thinks he is keeping secret.
15. Finally, we advise Asiwaju Tinubu to be circumspect in his use of language. In this case, he spoke as a spokesperson of depravity. Our reaction must therefore be seen as a provoked counter-punch. Any one can descend into the gutter if he so wishes but no one has a monopoly of gutter language. We won’t run an adult day care centre anymore on matters like this.
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President Bola Tinubu has rewarded each player of the Flamingos with a savings certificate worth N100 million, after the team became the first African nation to win the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup.
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, announced the awards at a reception at the Presidential Banquet Hall, Abuja, where she represented the President.
The head coach is to receive N100 million in cash, while each member of the technical crew gets N50 million.
She praised the team for winning six consecutive matches, and for the humility, discipline and respect they showed after the final.
Senator Tinubu said the victory would inspire young girls and show that their ambitions can be realised on the world stage.
She also commended the coaches, technical and medical staff, administrators, parents and fans for their contributions.
The U-17 team won their first FIFA World Cup title after defeating Japan 2-1 in the final on November 7, with goals from Awawu Bashiru and Oluebube Umejiaku securing the historic victory.
The Flamingos lost their opener 2-1 to Poland, but dominated in the remaining matches, defeating defending champions North Korea, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
Their first-ever appearance in the final was sealed with a 3-1 victory over Brazil, before taking home the trophy after beating Japan.
The players have received commendations from government officials and football fans around the world.
President Tinubu congratulated the Flamingos for becoming the first African team to win the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said he received the news upon his return from campaign engagements in Akwa Ibom and Rivers States.
He also described Nigeria’s maiden triumph as a proud moment for the country and a landmark achievement for African women’s football.
The Senate also pledged a N100 million reward for the Flamingos.
The pledge followed a motion moved by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports, Senator Abdul Ningi, who congratulated the players on their outstanding performance and commended the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for its role in the team’s achievement.
The latest feat by a Nigerian sports team came less than two years after the senior women’s football team, Super Falcons, won their 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in Morocco.
In 2025, the D’Tigress won a historic 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket title.
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, unveiled an ambitious economic and development agenda to be implemented between 2027–2031 if re-elected at next year’s election.
Key highlights of the president’s new promises to Nigerians include an economy worth more than $1 trillion by 2030, electricity generation exceeding 10,000 megawatts, one million export-linked jobs and accelerated economic growth of six per cent annually.
These were contained in the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2027-2023 presidential campaign manifesto unveiled on in Abuja on Tuesday by Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and Deputy Director of Manifesto and Policy Development of the APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council
The manifesto, according to the Oduwole, seeks to move Nigeria from the period of economic reforms to an era of shared prosperity, improved living standards and expanded opportunities for citizens.
Speaking at the event attended by Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, ministers and advisers, Oduwole outlined the manifesto’s major policy direction, achievements of the Tinubu administration and specific commitments for the proposed second term.
She explained that the manifesto is designed around the administration’s ambition to translate the economic reforms introduced over the last three and a half years into tangible benefits for Nigerians.
According to her, President Tinubu believes the country has reached an important turning point and is now positioned to move from reforms to shared prosperity underpinned by economic growth.
She said the President’s vision is to build a country that works for every Nigerian, irrespective of social or economic background.
“The promise is that Nigeria is moving from reforms to prosperity,” Oduwole said, explaining that the President thanked Nigerians for their patience and resilience during the reform period, promising a new phase of shared prosperity.
Four pillars of Tinubu’s 2027–2031 agenda
Oduwole said the manifesto is structured around four strategic pillars designed to address the country’s most pressing challenges and deliver measurable improvements in the lives of Nigerians.
They are a secure and resilient nation; better quality of life and a more affordable existence for Nigerians; energy, infrastructure and economic growth; and effective and accountable governance.
She explained that the four pillars were developed after consultations with a broad range of stakeholders, including members of the Federal Executive Council, the National Assembly, State governments, heads of government agencies, development partners, social groups, APC officials, women, persons with disabilities and the Nigerian media.
According to her, the consultations lasted approximately six weeks and were intended to ensure that the manifesto reflects the expectations and aspirations of Nigerians rather than the assumptions of government officials.
Oduwole said the document also drew from the eight priority areas of the Renewed Hope Agenda unveiled by Tinubu in 2023.
She listed the original priorities as economic reforms for sustained and inclusive growth; strengthening national security; boosting agriculture and food security; unlocking energy and natural resources; expanding infrastructure and transportation; investing in education, healthcare and social development; diversifying the economy through industry, digital technology, creative industries and manufacturing; and improving governance and public service delivery.
She disclosed that the administration’s performance against the 2023 promises has been tracked by the Central Results Coordinating and Delivery Unit (CRCDU), led by Hadiza Bala Usman.
Oduwole said the campaign council also made efforts to ensure that the claims and achievements contained in the manifesto could be independently examined and fact-checked.
She described the document as non-exhaustive, despite running into 109 pages, adding that there are several other achievements of the administration that could not be accommodated in the presentation.
Security: Stronger protection against terrorism, banditry
Under the first pillar, Oduwole said the Tinubu administration would prioritise safer communities, stronger protection against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping, more responsive policing and improved border security.
She described security as the fundamental covenant between a nation and its citizens, arguing that Nigerians must be able to live, work, learn, farm, trade and travel without fear.
She said the administration’s objective is to create safer citizens, more resilient communities and secure borders, allowing Nigerians to pursue their livelihoods and ambitions with greater confidence.
Among the commitments for 2027–2031 are stronger protection against security threats, improved police response and enhanced security for communities across the country.
She also highlighted existing interventions, including rescued hostages, farmer-herder dispute resolution through mediation and the training of community policing officers.
Food security, healthcare and affordable housing
Under the second pillar, the APC manifesto promises improved living standards through investments in education, healthcare, affordable food and housing.
Oduwole said the administration would intensify efforts to reduce the cost of living, expand domestic food production, improve storage and processing facilities, and reduce post-harvest losses.
She disclosed that the government intends to halve post-harvest losses while improving the movement of goods between states to make food and other essential commodities more affordable.
According to her, the administration also plans to establish a monthly food price tracker to provide families and farmers with reliable information about changing food prices.
On education, she announced plans to halve the number of out-of-school children by 2031 and recruit and train an additional 20,000 teachers.
She said the administration would also expand access to healthcare, targeting health insurance coverage for 40 per cent of Nigerians by 2031.
Highlighting existing interventions, Oduwole disclosed that the number of Nigerians covered by health insurance had increased from 16.7 million to 23 million.
She also cited government support for 7.1 million girls through the AGIA programme and interventions for expectant mothers.
The minister further referenced the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), which has provided financial support to students pursuing higher education.
She said the administration would sustain interventions aimed at improving access to education and healthcare while expanding opportunities for vulnerable groups.
Tinubu targets over 10,000mw electricity generation
A major component of the manifesto is the commitment to improve electricity supply as a foundation for industrialisation, business expansion and economic prosperity.
Oduwole said the administration plans to scale available electricity generation beyond 10,000 megawatts, alongside efforts by State governments to increase power supply.
She said the government would expand electricity metering towards full coverage while reinforcing transmission and distribution networks.
The manifesto also promises to extend access to clean energy in underserved communities.
According to her, reliable electricity is essential to the administration’s ambition of transforming Nigeria into a productive economy where businesses can operate efficiently, industries can expand and households enjoy better living conditions.
She stressed that economic prosperity would depend on the ability of Nigerian businesses to produce goods, access markets, attract investment and compete internationally.
“Power that works, infrastructure that connects, farms and factories that produce, businesses that grow, jobs that pay, and an economy that creates opportunity for every Nigerian,” she said in describing the administration’s vision.
One million export-linked jobs, stronger manufacturing
Oduwole said the third pillar would focus on energy, infrastructure and economic growth, with particular emphasis on industrialisation, trade, investment and economic diversification.
She disclosed that the administration plans to generate one million export-linked jobs for Nigerians by 2030 through talent and services exports.
The manifesto also targets annual economic growth of six per cent, increased manufacturing output and stronger participation of Nigerian businesses in African and international markets.
According to her, the government intends to establish at least one anchor industrial cluster in each of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.
The clusters are expected to strengthen manufacturing capacity, stimulate investment, create employment and promote the production of goods for domestic consumption and export.
She said the administration is also targeting manufacturing contributions of at least 12 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
On non-oil exports, Oduwole announced plans to increase annual earnings to at least $15 billion.
She described the expansion of non-oil exports as an important achievement of the Tinubu administration, claiming that the growth rate of non-oil exports has exceeded that of total exports for the first time in Nigeria’s history under the current administration.
She also disclosed that more than 350,000 first-time borrowers have gained access to structured credit, with women accounting for 59 per cent of the beneficiaries.
The initiative, she said, is part of efforts to expand financial inclusion and provide more Nigerians with opportunities to participate in productive economic activities.
Oduwole further cited improvements in rail transportation, direct agricultural inputs to farmers and a reduction in estimated electricity billing as examples of interventions already undertaken by the administration.
The manifesto also promises stronger trade and investment facilitation, with the government committed to ensuring that investment pledges translate into actual business operations.
She said more Nigerian products would be manufactured locally and purchased by Nigerians, while non-oil exports would gain greater access to African and international markets.
Youth unemployment to be halved
Another major commitment in the manifesto is the creation of more employment opportunities and improvements in real incomes.
Oduwole said the administration intends to accelerate annual economic growth to six per cent and halve youth unemployment.
The manifesto also promises to expand access to equitable credit, with the target of reaching half of all economically active Nigerians.
She explained that the strategy is to link economic growth directly to employment generation and improved household incomes.
According to her, the government wants to establish a production-driven economy in which investments in infrastructure, energy, agriculture and manufacturing translate into better-paying jobs.
She said the administration’s economic philosophy was to transform stability into production, production into markets, markets into jobs and jobs into sustainable prosperity.
Affordable housing and land security
The APC manifesto also promises expanded access to affordable housing and secure land ownership.
Oduwole identified housing as an important component of improving the quality of life of Nigerians, alongside food security, education and healthcare.
The government intends to improve access to affordable homes while addressing issues surrounding land administration and security of tenure.
The manifesto’s broader social development objectives also include improving access to basic services and ensuring that economic growth benefits ordinary citizens.
Accountability, judicial reforms and local government autonomy
On the fourth pillar, Oduwole said the Tinubu administration would strengthen governance institutions, improve public service delivery and promote accountability at all levels of government.
She disclosed that the manifesto included plans to publish service standards and response times to make government agencies more accountable to citizens.
The administration also intends to expand digital case management across the country and automate consular services.
On access to justice, she said Nigerians unable to afford legal representation would benefit from indigent legal aid, while alternative dispute resolution mechanisms would be expanded to enable parties to resolve disputes without necessarily going through lengthy court proceedings.
She also highlighted plans to improve the national identity database and strengthen financial autonomy across the country.
On local government administration, Oduwole said allocations to every council would be published alongside clear performance and accountability standards.
The commitment is expected to strengthen transparency in the management of local government resources and improve service delivery at the grassroots.
Beyond $1 trillion economy by 2030
Oduwole reiterated Tinubu’s ambition to build a $1 trillion economy by 2030, saying the administration intended to exceed the target.
She, however, stressed that the more important objective was to ensure that economic expansion translated into quality employment and improved living conditions across the country.
She said the four pillars and eight priority areas were designed to provide a clear roadmap for achieving that objective.
According to her, the manifesto represents a continuation of the Renewed Hope Agenda, with greater emphasis on translating economic reforms into measurable prosperity.
She said the administration wanted Nigerians to experience the benefits of economic growth through reliable electricity, affordable food, better infrastructure, stronger industries, quality jobs and improved public services.
Oduwole said the manifesto was ultimately guided by the aspirations expressed in Nigeria’s national prayer.
Quoting the national prayer, she said: “Help us to build a nation where no one is oppressed, and so with peace and plenty, Nigeria may be blessed.”
She described the statement as the central ethos of the manifesto, adding that the four pillars, eight priorities and commitments for 2027–2031 were developed around a single national purpose.
The central message of Tinubu’s proposed second-term agenda, as presented by Oduwole, is that the period of difficult economic adjustments should give way to a phase in which economic growth produces jobs, stronger purchasing power, improved public services and shared prosperity.
