President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night met with Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabia and a few state governors on the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The assembly was held forward of the second assembly of the administration’s Nationwide Financial Council scheduled to be held on the State Home on Thursday morning.
Though the small print of Wednesday’s closed-door assembly are but to be launched, The PUNCH gathered that the assembly was referred to as by the President as a part of steps to restructure the financial system.
Particular Advisor to the President for Particular Duties, Communication and Technique, Mr. Dele Alake, stated the leaders additionally mentioned last preparations for the distribution of palliative funds to cushion the impact of the removing of gasoline subsidies.
The assembly was additionally attended by state governors, together with the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Discussion board, AbdulRahman AbdulRazak of Kwara State.
In attendance have been the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Discussion board Hope Uzodinma from Imo, Babajide Sanwo-Olu from Lagos and his counterpart from Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun.
Former governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, was additionally noticed leaving the workplace of the President.
President Tinubu on Tuesday stated his administration will assessment its earlier plan to distribute month-to-month money grants of N8,000 to 12 million households for six months as a part of efforts to ease the hardship brought on by the removing of gasoline subsidy.
This adopted widespread criticism of the coverage by organized labor saying it fell far in need of the extent of intervention wanted to ease the ache of weak Nigerians.
“The President has ordered that the N8,000 conditional money switch program which is supposed to offer reduction to probably the most weak households, be instantly reviewed,” stated an announcement signed by Mr. Alake late on Tuesday.
A couple of hours earlier, the pump worth of petrol rose from N540/litre to N617/litre
Since assuming workplace on Might 29, Tinubu has scrapped petrol subsidy, unified trade charges and signed 4 government orders to ease the general public’s tax burden.