There won’t be any justification for failure on the part of the Bola Tinubu administration, the president declared.
At the National Economic Council, NEC meeting on Thursday in Abuja, the President made this statement.
Kashim Shettima, a vice president, is in charge of the NEC.
A week after giving NEC the go-ahead to develop actions to lessen the effects of the fuel subsidy, he was inaugurated.
He gave the group the task of helping his administration change the nation’s economic fortunes.
The nation’s economy needs to grow, said President Tinubu, adding that there is no excuse for failing.
He reaffirmed the will of his administration to keep its commitments to Nigerians.
The council is now holding its first meeting under the new Shettima administration.
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.”
Membership
The 36 state governors, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the minister of finance, and other government representatives who were coopted make up the NEC.
Those in attendance as at the time the meeting commenced are Kwara governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Osun, Ademola Adeleke, Kogi, Yahaya Bello, Ekiti, Biodun Oyebanji, Nasarawa, Abdullahi Sule, Akwa Ibom, Umo Eno, Enugu, Peter Mbah Cross River, Bassey Otu, Plateau, Caleb Muftwang, Kebbi, Nasir Idris, Katsina, Aliyu Radda and Benue Hyacinth Alia.
Others are Zamfara, Dauda Lawal, Ogun, Dapo Abiodun, Anambra Charles Soludo, Yobe, Mai Mala Buni, Taraba, Agbu Kefas, Gombe, Delta, Sheriff Oborevwori, Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara, Niger Mohammed Bago and Sokoto, Ahmad Aliyu.
Also at the meeting are Ebonyi, Francis Nwifuru, Kaduna, Uba Sani, Edo, Godwin Obaseki, Abia, Alex Otti, Bayelsa, Douye Diri, Kano, Abba Yusuf, Bauchi, Bala Mohammed, Oyo, Seyi Makinde and Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur and Deputy Governor of Ondo, Lucky Ayedatiwa
Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, the Acting Accountant General of the Federation Oluwatoyin Madein, the Acting Governor of the Central Bank Folashodun Shonubi, the Permanent Secretaries Budget and National Planning, Federal Capital Territory Administration, and State House are also
