PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES FIN, BUDGET AND CBN GOV 1A&B. President Muhammadu Buhari in Meeting with Chief of staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, Minister or Finance, Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma and Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele at the State House in Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE/STATE HOUSE IN ABUJA. AUGUST 28 2017
An elated President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the nation’s economy is on the mend. This was after receiving briefings from the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma; his Finance counterpart, Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. Buhari who showed excitement said the economy is getting better. He called for more work and commitment.
The briefings received by Buhari, who recently returned from a 103-day medical vacation in London, lasted over two hours, according to a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
He disclosed that the ministers and the CBN governor updated the President on the improving state of the economy, implementation of the 2017 budget, preparation for the 2018 budget, revenue strategies, combined cost reduction and debt management.
According to Adesina, “a delighted president declared that he was pleased with the progress being made on different fronts.”
He further revealed that the monetary policy strategies and their economic impact were among the issues discussed at the briefing.
He said Buhari reminded the ministers and the CBN governor that reviving the economy was one of the major planks on which the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign was based.
The presidential spokesman stated that his principal expressed gladness that things were “looking up after two years of yeoman’s job”.
He said that Buhari urged the government officials to sustain the tempo, pointing out that the main objective of government was to bring succour to Nigerians across all walks of life.
