President Bola Tinubu is currently in an emergency meeting with State governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
The meeting, which commenced at about 11:30am, is also being attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FTC) Nyesom Wike; and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
LEADERSHIP gathered that President Tinubu summoned the meeting in a bid to find remedies to rising cost of food items, insecurity and other economic issues.
The situation has resulted in women and youth protesting in some states across the country.
Governors at the meeting were those of Ekiti, Delta, Borno, Lagos, Kwara, Nasarawa, and Edo States.
Others were Yobe, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Abia, Plateau, Kaduna, Sokoto, Niger, Taraba, Adamawa, Cross River, Ogun and Enugu State governors.
The emergency meeting, it was further learned, would be followed immediately with the monthly National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, which would be presided by Vice President Shettima.
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