President Bola Tinubu and all 36 state governors are currently meeting at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Village, Abuja.
This is Tinubu’s second meeting with the state executives since he inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC) on June 15, 2023.
It follows the increase in food prices and economic hardship and pockets of insecurity recorded nationwide.
Days earlier, governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party 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.
But the Presidency criticised 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.
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