The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria has expressed worry over the nations' socio-economic challenges throughout 2024.
Executive Director of CISLAC and Head of Transparency International Nigeria, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani stated this in a statement while commenting on how the current administration‘s series of macroeconomic decisions negatively impacted Nigerians‘ standard of living, financial capacity, and purchasing power.
Rafsanjani said CISLAC/TI-Nigeria felt duty-bound to draw the government‘s attention to several lingering critical challenges, noting that those issues require urgent policy intervention in 2025 to ensure sustainable development.
He said the widespread poverty and inequality worsened by harsh policies has continued to force Nigeria to grapple with an excessively high cost of governance, leading to wasteful expenditures and unnecessary duplications despite the recommendations of the Orosanye Report on cost reduction.
The leadership of the organisation called on the current administration to implement rapid and holistic measures by 2025 to address citizens’ plights and meet their expectations.
He said enhanced inter-agency cooperation among defence and security agencies is essential to complement ongoing reforms and improve tactical implementation.
Rafsanjani also noted that comprehensive constitutional amendments, political party reforms, and electoral system overhauls are urgently needed to safeguard Nigeria‘s democratic progress and ensure sustainable governance
He argued that these reforms will address systemic flaws perpetuating inefficiency, injustice, and political instability, just as much as judicial reform must take centre stage to restore faith in the rule of law.