Funmi Ekundayo, the President and Chairman of Council for the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, expressed optimism during the institute’s third presidential parley that ongoing economic and sectoral reforms will gain traction to benefit citizens next year, urging patience and resilience while advising the government to assist small businesses, foster mechanized agriculture, reduce governance costs, fix the national grid, and embrace digitalization, even as the institute plans to begin constructing its multi-billion-naira national secretariat within a targeted completion window of two to three years and encourages employers to adopt flexible work hours and better remuneration to combat the brain drain or emigration trend..