Vanguard
23 August, 2011
Abuja — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, inaugurated the constitutionally recognised National Economic Council, NEC, with a charge to governors not to politicise issues that have to do with the national economy.
The council, as stipulated by law, is chaired by the Vice President with the 36 governors of the federation and four ministers, including those of the Federal Capital Territory, Finance, Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, and National Planning, as well as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Chief Economic Adviser to the President.
Since the inauguration of the Jonathan government on May 29, this all important council has not met until yesterday, when it was formally inaugurated.
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