As we go to our respective provinces, it is perhaps critical for us to think about the state of our economy and how we are going to contribute towards building solid blocks for its strengthening. Our economic growth has decelerated because of declining global competitiveness.
Working together with government, we must find ways to maintain macroeconomic stability, how to tackle the rising public debt, and how to deal with inefficiencies in our state-owned enterprises and control spending pressures.
Although significant progress has been made, we know that the revelations of corruption and malfeasance in government institutions, as witnessed from audit outcomes and various commissions of inquiry, painted a disturbing image of our institutions.