President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, met with the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, for a briefing on the work of the Economic Sustainability Committee.
Buhari appointed Osinbajo as the chairman of the team.
The committee was set up to design and respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the crashing of oil prices in the global market.
Buhari tweeted via his official handle: “The Vice President briefed me today on the work of the Economic Sustainability Committee, which I recently set up, and which he chairs.
“The Committee is working on an appropriate economic response to the unfolding impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Members of the committee include: the Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed; Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige; Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola; the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq.
Others are Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Silva, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Mele Kyari; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele and the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babatunde Lawal, who is the secretary of the committee.
Anaedoonline.com reported that Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 17 new Coronavirus infections with the two states of Anambra and Niger recording their first cases.
The 17 new Coronavirus cases are eight in Lagos, three in Katsina, two in FCT, and one each in Niger, Kaduna, Anambra, and Ondo States.
The total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria jumps to 305 with 19 of the 36 states now affected by the pandemic.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed that there are 58 discharged Coronavirus patients in Nigeria. This follows the successful treatment and recovery of seven more cases in Lagos State.
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