President Bola Tinubu has tasked the Federal Executive Council (FEC) with a marching order to roll out actions aimed at reviving the economy and making life more bearable for the people.
The president gave the charge to his ministers on Monday, August 28, presiding over his administration’s maiden FEC meeting, held at the Council Chambers of the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Five ministers, including information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris; finance and coordinating minister for the economy, Wale Edun; coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Ali Pate; Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari; and the minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite; as well as the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
Briefing on the deliberations at the meeting, Edun said he presented a “Roadmap for the Economy”, noting that the council agreed that the economy is not where it ought to be.
He also said that the FEC examined eight priority areas and identified targets to deliver in the next three years, adding that the president had charged the ministers to roll out policy and programme to turn the economy around.