The Presidency has debunked the viral reports claiming that the second richest man in the world, Bill Gates criticized the economic plans of the current administration during his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday.
In a statement issued yesterday by the Honourable Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udo Udoma, the Federal Government claimed that the media misinterpreted the context in which Mr. Gates made his remarks.
Udo Udoma said: “Several of today’s newspapers carried a story in which the philanthropist, Mr. Bill Gates is said to have taken issue with the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). It seems the context in which Mr. Gates made his remarks was not well understood. A close reading of his statement shows that the point Mr. Gates was making was that the human capital development should have been explicitly indicated as part of the execution priorities of the ERGP. This is not the same as saying that the ERGP does not address human capital development or that Mr. Gates faulted Nigeria’s economic plans as some newspapers put it.”
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