President Bola Tinubu has tasked the Federal Executive Council (FEC) with a marching order to roll out actions aimed at the revival of the economy and make life more bearable for the people.
President Tinubu gave the charge to his ministers on Monday while presiding over his administration’s maiden FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Five ministers, including those of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun; Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate; Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari; and that of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite; as well as the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
Briefing on the deliberations at the meeting, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Edun said he presented “Roadmap for the Economy”, noting that the Council agreed that the economy is not where it ought to be.
He also said that Council FEC examined eight priority areas and identified targets to deliver in the next three years, adding that the President had charged the ministers to roll out policies and programmes to turn the economy around.
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