PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC), is headed by the Vice President Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, June 15, with a charge to the Council to work with his administration to revive the economic fortunes of Nigerians, as there is no excuse for failure.
Speaking at the inauguration of the NEC at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja, Tinubu noted that the task of reviving the economy was daunting, but noted that there would be no excuses not to deliver, since they all begged and even danced before Nigerians to give them the job.
He who urged the Council to swing into action immediately, saying Nigerians are waiting for them, added: “It is very reassuring that our citizens are behind us, but they want reforms and they want them very quickly.”
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.”
It is made up of the 36 state governors, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other co-opted government officials.
The ceremony was attended by Governors Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara); Ademola Adeleke (Osun); Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti); Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa); Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom); Peter Mbah (Enugu); Bassey Otu (Cross River); Caleb Muftwang (Plateau); Nasir Idris (Kebbi); Aliyu Radda (Katsina) and Hyacinth Alia (Benue).
Others were Dauda Lawal (Zamfara); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Charles Soludo (Anambra); Mai Mala Buni (Yobe); Agbu Kefas (Taraba); Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta); Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers); Mohammed Bago (Niger);Ahmad Aliyu (Sokoto); Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi); Uba Sani (Kaduna); Godwin Obaseki (Edo); Alex Otti (Abia); Douye Diri (Bayelsa); Abba Yusuf (Kano); Bala Mohammed (Bauchi); Seyi Makinde (Oyo), as well as Deputy Governors of Borno and Ondo states, Umar Kadafur with Lucky Ayedatiwa, respectively.
