President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday urged state governors to prioritise Nigerians’ welfare by investing more in their future, putting more money into rural electrification, agricultural mechanisation, poverty eradication, and improved infrastructure investment.
President Tinubu’s charge to the governors followed a presentation on the RHWDP by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Bagudu, at the 150th meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) held at the State House Council Chambers, Abuja.
According to a statement by the Vice President’s spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, the President implored the governors to do more to positively impact the lives of Nigerians in the grassroots, saying, “I want to appeal to you; let us change the story of our people in the rural areas.
“The economy is working. We are on the path of recovery, but need to stimulate growth in the rural areas. We know the situation in the rural areas, let us collaborate and do what will benefit the people,” he added.
President Tinubu urged state governors to collaborate with the Federal Government to drive economic development in rural areas nationwide. “We have to embrace mechanisation in agriculture, fight insecurity, and improve school enrolment through feeding,” the President said.
Accordingly, he directed NEC to set up a committee to enhance the actualisation of legacy projects, especially the Lagos-Calabar and the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highways.
He also ordered the transfer of the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation to the presidency to enhance the seamless actualisation of his administration’s legacy projects across the country.
