As the Federal
Government continues its monthly Budget Support Facility to the States, a
verification process to ensure that benefiting State governments comply with
the mutually agreed Fiscal Sustainability Plan prescribed by the National
Economic Council, NEC, has started.
This disclosure
emerged at the first NEC meeting this year, presided over by Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. NEC is composed by all the 36 State Governors, the FCT
Minister and the Central Bank Governor.
According to
the Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun,who briefed the Council today, eight
accounting firms have been appointed and have already begun the audit process.
Acting
President, Osinbajo also inaugurated the National road Safety Advisory Council.
Budget and
National Planning Minister Udoma Udo Udoma, made a presentation to the Council
on the National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) 2014 – 2018 document before the
inauguration.
He said the
NRSS document was approved by FEC and has provided for the establishment of the
Advisory Council, as a demonstration of Government’s commitment to address the
challenges of road safety in the country in line with UN Agenda to reduce road
accident related deaths.
Members of the
24-man Advisory Council include the six Governors representing each
geopolitical zone as follows:
South-West
– Governor of Lagos State
South-East
– Governor of Anambra State
South-South
– Governor of Delta State
North-West
– Governor of Kaduna
North
East
– Governor of Gombe
North-Central
– Governor of Kwara State
Others include:
Honourable
Minister of Transport
Honourable
Minister of Power, Works and Housing
Honourable
Minister of Education
Honourable
Minister of Health
Honourable
Minister of Environment
Honourable
Minister of Finance
Honourable
Minister of Justice
Honourable
Minister of Labour and Productivity
Honourable
Minister of Interior
Honourable
Minister FCT
Honourable
Minister of Information and Culture
Honourable
Minister of Budget and National Planning
National
Security Adviser (NSA)
Secretary to
the Government of the Federation (SGF)
President
NACCIMA
President
Nigeria Society of Engineering (NSE)
FRSC Corp
Marshall
The Minister
also assured the Council members that Federal Government has a recovery plan
that will take Nigeria out of the woods.
Udoma said that
consultations on the plan are ongoing to firm-up the plan with clear roles for
all the stakeholders and the States.
He told the
Council that the plan addresses, agriculture and food security, energy
sufficiency-power and petroleum availability, improving transportation
infrastructure, industrialization, SMEs, and manufacturing and stabilization of
the macro-economic environment.
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