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President, Bola Tinubu will be expected to hold a closed-door meeting with state governors at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday, February 15, to proffer solutions to the economic crisis in the country.
Two presidency officials have said that the meeting with the governors would be held before the President’s departure to Ethiopia for the African Union, AU, meeting.
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State and an aide to Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State confirmed the planned meeting with the President.
The session is coming a few days after the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, compared Nigeria’s economic situation to that of Venezuela, a South American country in the throes of hyperinflation, escalating starvation, disease, crime, and high mortality rates.
However, the Presidency criticized the performance of the governors, pointing out their failure to pay salaries, pensions, and the N30,000 minimum wage.
Protests had broken out in different parts of the country in reaction to the high cost of living with citizens in Niger, Kano, Kogi, Ondo, and other states demanding solutions to the economic crisis.
The organized Labour consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, had also complained about the situation in the country, threatening to embark on strike by February 23 if the Federal Government failed to provide the palliatives and other assistance that could mitigate the economic pains on workers.
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