20th July, 2023
Vice President Kashim Shettima presided over the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday amidst furore over fuel hike and hardship in the land.
Further increase in the price of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) is eliciting anger in the land, with lots of Nigerians crying for solution to the nation’s economy.
The federal government is urgently brainstorming to salvage the economy and calm frayed nerves.
In the midst of these, Shettima presided over the NEC meeting at the State House, Abuja on Thursday with many governors and top players in the economic sector in attendance.
Those at the meeting were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; Group CEO of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, Acting Governor of the Central Bank, Folashodun Shonubi, Acting Accountant-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Petroleum, Agriculture and Budget and National Planning.
Also present were the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State and the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodinma of Imo State.
The Governors of Gombe, Katsina, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ogun, Kaduna, Kebbi, Yobe, Delta, Bayelsa, Abia, Zamfara, Anambra, Bauchi, Jigawa, Cross River, Plateau, Edo, Benue, Akwa Ibom, and Sokoto were also present. Governors of Enugu, Oyo, Rivers, Adamawa, and Kano states were represented by their Deputy Governors.