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In its meeting today, the National Economic Council (NEC) received briefings on the need for States to adopt strategies to step up service delivery in the grassroots and also on how to mitigate flood disasters this season.
These were some of the highlights of the Council’s meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Also, at the meeting, outgoing Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), lauded the Vice President, stating that with the VP as NEC Chairman, the Council has done a lot to ensure that the country is a true federation, while expressing his appreciation to the Council, the VP and the President.
It was the 127th NEC meeting, and it held virtually with State Governors, some Deputy Governors and key federal ministers in attendance.
According to Dr. Fayemi, having served in previous NEC and longer than most current members, he can affirm that the VP’s leadership has been outstanding, adding that the Council has never had the kind of leadership that Prof. Osinbajo has provided. He hoped that such leadership of NEC would be maintained going forward.
Addressing the VP, Governor Fayemi said, “I want to particularly express my own gratitude to you for your leadership over the last four (4) years that has reenergised this Economic Council in a manner that we have not seen in a long time. In fact, I should say over the last seven (7) years, but I have been privileged to be part of it in the last 4 years.
“And I have been part of all the National Economic Council’s proceedings before your time, but I can say without any shadow of a doubt that the energy, the focus, the results over the last 4 years are due to no other reason than your extraordinary leadership of this Council.”
In his remarks, the Vice President commended the outgoing Ekiti State Governor, who was attending his last NEC meeting today.
