As Nigerians grapple with the effect of the new petrol price, President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) to come up with inputs on palliatives and the minimum wage review for the citizens.
This is even as the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has demanded that the minimum wage be increased to N200,000 by June 19.
Speaking during a meeting with members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Wednesday, President Tinubu directed NEC led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to mobilise various interventions to ease the hardship the most Nigerians are facing as a result of the subsidy removal.
The NEC consists of all 36 state governors, the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, and other co-opted government officials.
In a statement by the State House Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye, the President also advised the political leaders to put aside their differences and work collectively in the interest of Nigerians.
“We can see the effects of poverty on the faces of our people. Poverty is not hereditary, it is from society. Our position is to eliminate poverty. Set aside partisan politics, we are here to deliberate about Nigeria and nation-building,” Tinubu said.
“We have managed ourselves very well to have a democracy. We have campaigned and arrived at our present destination. We must work for our people.”
Governors of Kaduna, Katsina, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ekiti, Sokoto, Ondo, Borno, Yobe, Gombe, and Katsina states were present at the meeting.
However, the governors of Edo and Niger states were represented by their deputies.
