Governors ask buhari to declare economic recession national emergency

The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has called on
the Federal Government to urgently national
emergency on the current Nigeria’s economic
recession.
The governors gave this charge in a three-point
communiqué read by the Chairman of the Forum
and Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, in Abuja
on Friday.
The governors also resolved to support the
Federal Government to continue to “reflate” the
nation’s economy out of the present crisis.
According to the communiqué, the governors
agreed to set up state task forces on polio
eradication, with their deputy governors as
Heads.
The chairman said that the governors also
discussed the recurring incident of Lassa fever
and resolved to collaborate with the Federal
Ministry of Health to address the challenge.
Yari added that the governors traced the history
of Lassa fever to the late 1950s and noted that
African nations have yet to find a permanent
solution to the problem.
“So, we are going to engage the ministry of
health to discuss and find lasting solution to
Lassa fever,’’ he added.
Relatively, the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi
Adeosun, has assured Nigerians that the current
economic recession the nation was experiencing
will not be prolonged.
Adeosun gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja
while addressing a news conference.
She said that there was a strategic plan by the
administration to see that the recession ended
soon and also ensure that the economy
recovered fully.


Source :naijaloaded
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE