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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"VBNFhKo9" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In a strategic move to bolster the nation&&num;8217&semi;s economic governance frameworks and ensure robust and coordinated economic planning and implementation&comma; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Economic Coordination Council &lpar;PECC&rpar; and the creation of the Economic Management Team Emergency Taskforce &lpar;EET&rpar;&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"hg2rt3UQ" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Presidential Economic Coordination Council &lpar;PECC&rpar; comprises distinguished leaders and key government officials&comma; including&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;1&rpar; President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria &&num;8211&semi; Chairman of the PECC<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;2&rpar; Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria &&num;8211&semi; Vice-Chairman of the PECC &sol; NEC Chairman<&sol;p><div class&equals;"mXJyMXYH" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;3&rpar; President of the Nigerian Senate<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&lpar;4&rpar; Chairman&comma; Nigeria Governors’ Forum<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;5&rpar; Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;6&rpar; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;7&rpar; Minister of Agriculture and Food Security<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;8&rpar; Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;9&rpar; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;10&rpar; Minister of Communications&comma; Innovation and Digital Economy<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;11&rpar; Minister of Industry&comma; Trade and Investment<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;12&rpar; Minister of Labour and Employment<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;13&rpar; Minister of Marine and Blue Economy<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;14&rpar; Minister of Power<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;15&rpar; Minister of State&comma; Petroleum Resources<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;16&rpar; Minister of State&comma; Gas<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;17&rpar; Minister of Transportation<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;18&rpar; Minister of Works<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PECC will also comprise key members of the organized private sector&comma; with the following members joining for a period not exceeding one &lpar;1&rpar; year&comma; subject to the President’s directive&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;1&rpar; Alhaji Aliko Dangote<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;2&rpar; Mr&period; Tony Elumelu<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;3&rpar; Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;4&rpar; Ms&period; Amina Maina<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;5&rpar; Mr&period; Begun Ajayi-Kadir<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;6&rpar; Mrs&period; Funke Okpeke<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;7&rpar; Dr&period; Doyin Salami<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;8&rpar; Mr&period; Patrick Okigbo<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;9&rpar; Mr&period; Kola Adesina<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;10&rpar; Mr&period; Segun Agbaje<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;11&rpar; Mr&period; Chidi Ajaere<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;12&rpar; Mr&period; Abdulkadir Aliu<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;13&rpar; Mr&period; Rasheed Sarumi<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; in his determination to address immediate economic challenges and ensure the streamlined execution of economic strategies&comma; President Bola Tinubu has established the Economic Management Team Emergency Taskforce &lpar;EET&rpar; with a mandate to formulate and implement a consolidated emergency economic plan&period; The taskforce comprises key government officials and industry leaders in furtherance of the President’s collaborative approach toward achieving economic resilience and growth&period; The EET is now mandated to submit a comprehensive plan of economic interventions for 2024 to the PECC&comma; covering the next six &lpar;6&rpar; months&comma; for immediate implementation within two weeks of its inauguration&period; The EET will meet twice weekly and is composed of the following members&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;1&rpar; Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance &lpar;Chairman of the EET&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;2&rpar; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;3&rpar; Minister of Power<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;4&rpar; Minister of Agriculture and Food Security<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;5&rpar; Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;6&rpar; Minister of Industry&comma; Trade and Investment<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;7&rpar; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;8&rpar; National Security Adviser<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;9&rpar; Chairman&comma; Nigeria Governors’ Forum<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;10&rpar; Governor of Anambra State<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;11&rpar; Governor of Ogun State<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;12&rpar; Governor of Niger State<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;13&rpar; Executive Chairman&comma; Federal Inland Revenue Service<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;14&rpar; Director-General&comma; Budget Office of the Federation<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;15&rpar; GCEO&comma; NNPC Limited<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;16&rpar; Director-General&comma; Nigeria Economic Summit Group<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;17&rpar; Special Adviser to the President on Energy<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;18&rpar; Dr&period; Bismarck Rewane&comma; Economist<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;19&rpar; Dr&period; Suleyman Ndanusa&comma; Economist<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Economic Management Team&comma; established in October 2023&comma; and chaired by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance&comma; serves as the working group under the Presidential Economic Coordination Council &lpar;PECC&rpar;&comma; playing a crucial role in the economic governance structure established by the President&period; The EMT traditionally meets monthly or as required&comma; but will now suspend its meetings for the duration of the EET’s mandate &lpar;six months&rpar;&period; The EMT is composed of the following officials&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;1&rpar; Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance &lpar;EMT Chairman&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;2&rpar; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;3&rpar; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;4&rpar; Minister of Industry&comma; Trade and Investment<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;5&rpar; Minister of Communications&comma; Innovation and Digital Economy<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;6&rpar; Minister of Works<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;7&rpar; Minister of Labour and Employment<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;8&rpar; Minister of Agriculture and Food Security<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;9&rpar; Minister of State&comma; Petroleum Resources<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;10&rpar; Minister of State&comma; Gas<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;11&rpar; Minister of Power<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;12&rpar; Minister of Transportation<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;13&rpar; Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;14&rpar; Minister of Marine and Blue Economy<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Chairman of the EMT may&comma; as needed&comma; call on any Federal Minister or Head of Agency to brief the EMT on key programmes and developments affecting the economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The President&&num;8217&semi;s formation of the PECC&comma; under his Chairmanship&comma; alongside the creation of the EET&comma; led by the Chairman of the EMT&comma; and the EMT itself&comma; is the manifestation of a unified strategy aimed at enhancing Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s economic management architecture for verifiably improved performance&period; The formation of these teams will complement existing economic governance structures&comma; including the National Economic Council &lpar;NEC&rpar;&comma; which is chaired by the Vice-President&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Over the next six months&comma; the EET will focus on the rapid implementation&comma; monitoring&comma; and evaluation of critical initiatives&comma; strengthening the Tinubu-led administration&&num;8217&semi;s collective approach to advancing Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s economic objectives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chief Ajuri Ngelale<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Special Adviser to the President<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Media &amp&semi; Publicity&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>March 27&comma; 2024<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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