Vice President Kashim Shettima is currently presiding over a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Many of the state governors are in attendance at the meeting which comes after the August council meeting approved N5 billion each for the states to purchase food and fertilizer for distribution to their citizens to ameliorate the harsh effect of petroleum subsidy removal.
Some of the governors present are those of Osun, Lagos, Kaduna, Adamawa, Rivers, Benue, Sokoto, Delta, Ebonyi, Taraba, Nasarawa and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
Details to come later..
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