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| Nigerian governors at Aso Rock meeting |
In the
absence of President Muhammedu Buhari who is currently in New York, Vice
President, Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday held the National Economic Council (NEC)
meeting with state governors and other council members in Abuja.
A vote of confidence
has been passed today, September 22, by Governors of the federal republic of
Nigeria on the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo
Udoma and her Finance counterpart, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, saying they were not
responsible for plunging the country into recession.
During today's meeting
of the National Economic Council (NEC), presided over by Vice President, Prof
Yemi Osinbajo, at the State House in Abuja, the governors, who passed their
confidence on the two ministers, absolved them of any blame in the declining
economy.
The state governors
reasoned that if anything, the two ministers should be commended for their
sagacity in reviving the ailing economy occasioned by failing oil price,
Nigeria’s major income earner, over the years.
About 23 State
Governors were in attendance for the meeting.
The state governors
include Ekiti – Ayo Fayose, Kebbi – Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Delta – Ifianyi
Okowa, Bauchi – Abubakar Mohammed, Anambra – Willy Obiano, Enugu – Ifeanyi
Ugwuanyi, Kwara – Abdufatah Ahmed, Kogi – Yahaya Bello, Kaduna – Nasir
el-Rufai, Ondo – Olusegun Mimiko, Sokoto – Aminu Tambuwal, Oyo – Abiola
Ajimobi, Jigawa – Badaru Abubakar.
Among the State deputy
governors at the meeting are Rivers, Nasarawa, Katsina, Lagos.
The governors' vote of
confidence, have now rubbished the call from some National Assembly lawmakers
for the removal of the two ministers, whom they accused of not knowing what to
do in order to bail the nation out of the economic crisis.
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