ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the National Economic Council at the Council Chamber of the State House Abuja.
Membership of the NEC comprises of the 36 State Governors, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and other co-opted government officials.
The National Economic Council which will begin sitting will be headed by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima.
After the inauguration, the council is currently holding its meeting.
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This comes a week after Tinubu directed it to meet to come up with interventions to mitigate the effects of the petroleum subsidy removal.
Tinubu had charged the council to come up with ideas that would boost his administration, especially in transforming the economic fortunes of the country.
He had noted that the task of growing the nation’s economy is quite enormous but there would be no excuse for failure.
He restated his administration’s commitment to delivering on its promises to Nigerians.
The NEC meets monthly and has the mandate to “advise the President concerning the economic affairs of the Federation, and in particular on measures necessary for the coordination of the economic planning efforts or economic programmes of the various Governments of the Federation.”
Present at the inauguration are Vice President Kashim Shettima, Governors of Kwara, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq; Osun, Ademola Adeleke; Kogi, Yahaya Bello; Ekiti, Biodun Oyebanji; Nasarawa, Abdullahi Sule; Akwa Ibom, Umo Eno.
Others are, Governors of Enugu, Peter Mbah; Cross River, Bassey Otu; Plateau, Caleb Muftwang; Kebbi, Nasir Idris; Katsina, Aliyu Radda; Benue, Hycinth Alia amongst others.