The meeting
anchored from the Yellow Room, Office of the Vice President, was the second
virtual meeting as the nation strives to contain the spread of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over a virtual meeting of the
National Economic Council (NEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Minister of
Finance Zainab Ahmed featured at the meeting while the governors joined the
virtual NEC from their states.
The Vice
President, constitutionally, is the chairman of NEC which meets monthly to
deliberate on the coordination of economic planning and programmes of various
levels of government.
NEC comprises
the 36 state governors, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Minister of
Finance, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Secretary to the
Government of the Federation and other relevant government officials whose
duties hinged on the economy.
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