Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, who chairs the committee, briefed State House correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
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The National Economic Council says there is need for states to pool resources together and set up a security trust fund in view of huge cost of maintaining security.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said the nation lost about 22 million barrels of its crude oil production to oil theft between January and June 2019.
The money was given in the days when most States of the Federation could not pay workers’ salary
The National Economic Council says plans are underway to engage N-Power beneficiaries and National Youth Service Corps members in community policing.
The Presidency on Monday in Abuja released further details on how one billion dollars approved by the National Economic Council and removed from the Excess Crude Account to address security challenges was spent.
The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this while reading the communiqué issued at the end of the forum meeting held on Wednesday night in Abuja
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday said the Federal Government had stepped up efforts at diversifying revenue sources to move away from the country’s mono-cultural economy.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed his appreciation to state governors and other members of the National Economic Council for their support in the past four years.
The National Economic Council has directed the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory to provide data on out-of-school children in the country.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the extraordinary meeting of the Federal Executive Council on National Minimum Wage had been postponed until after the National Economic Council’s deliberation on the matter.
A presidential source, who preferred not to be named, said the President did not endorse N30,000 as proposed by the committee as being reported by some sections of the media
The National Economic Council on Thursday urged the 36 State Governors to declare state of emergency in the nation’s education sector in their respective states to address the challenges in the sector.
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has given him assurance that the Federal Government has no plan to sell the Ajaokuta Steel Complex.
The National Economic Council says states are owing the Federal Inland Revenue Service N41 billion in Value Added Tax.
This was as the Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, who had earlier been reported as having stepped down as chairman of the Osun State APC primaries election has resumed his duties
The governors reached the conclusion at their meeting on Wednesday night in Abuja
Flooding in the past few weeks had claimed lives in states such as Katsina, where no fewer than 40 people died on Monday with houses among other property destroyed.
Speaking at the 2nd National Committee Meeting on Export Promotion of the National Economic Council held in Lagos, Ambode said beyond oil, it was now important for the country to put in place infrastructure and other initiatives to support other sectors with the view to preparing them for export