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Osinbajo rallies NEC’s committee

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Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja

DELIBERATIONS continued on Wednesday on the development of additional measures to cushion the effects of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

It was at the second meeting of the National Economic Council’s (NEC) Special Committee on the COVID-19 in Abuja. Members of the committee met on Tuesday via video conferencing.

The meeting, which was coordinated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who doubles as the NEC Chairman, discussed the implications of the global pandemic in Nigeria.

According to a statement by his spokesman Laolu Akande, the meeting was in continuation of the task of coordinating the federal and state governments’ responses to COVID-19 impact.

Those who were with the vice president at the meeting via videoconference anchored from the Presidential Villa are: governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Mallam Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna); Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa); Mohammed Abubakar (Jigawa); Godwin Obaseki (Edo); David Umahi (Ebonyi); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi).

The meeting was also attended by the Finance Minister Hajiya Zainab Ahmed and Budget Office Director-General Ben Akabueze, among several other top officials.

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The NEC Committee received the report of its Technical Working Group which proposed an array of policy options and recommendations on how the three tiers of government can bring relief to the people and take other adequate measures in containing and responding to the adverse economic effects of the pandemic.

Prof Osinbajo stressed the importance of the assignment and the urgency required, asking that public enlightenment and sensitisation on the seriousness of the pandemic should be further intensified at all government levels so that more and more Nigerians would become aware of the compelling and critical dimensions of the situation.

He assured the governors that the Federal Government was already packaging further resources for a comprehensive economic response to alleviate the challenges of the pandemic, support the states and provide succor to Nigerians in a timely and effective manner.

The vice president said that the newly-created Economic Sustainability Committee (ESW), constituted by the President would also be meeting this week to start its work and respond to the situation appropriately.

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