At the conclusion of the Federal Executive Council meeting today, Ministers Babatunde Fashola, Lai Mohammed, Chris Ngige and Abubakar Malami faced a bank of microphones to give updates on the issues discussed in the meeting.
The official Twitter handle of the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock gave a breakdown of the matters discussed at the press conference.
See below.
Wednesdays are for Cabinet meetings pic.twitter.com/5AE7aetZfl
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
After the Cabinet meeting comes the press briefing. This week: @tundefashola, Malami, Mohammed and @SenChrisNgige pic.twitter.com/erbq68Kzsn
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
BRF: Council approved Memo for Dangote subsidiary to fund and build Obajana-Kabba road using cement, in exchange for tax incentives
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Malami: Memo presented to Council for harmonized process for payments and settlements for FG finances, to enhance plugging of leakages.
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Malami: Memo presented to Council for harmonized process for payments and settlements for FG finances, to enhance plugging of leakages.
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Ngige: Note presented to Council on understanding reached w TUC, NLC & affiliates, regarding Labour groups' demands following liberalization
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Ngige: Govt will not encourage factionalism within NLC. We're instead trying to unite them by seeking to bring them together under one roof
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Mohammed: We had no choice re petrol liberalization. Nigeria no longer has official FX to support importation of petroleum products
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Min Mohammed shedding light on the 500 billion naira Social Investment Programme in #Budget2016: School Feeding, CCT, Micro-credit, etc
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Mohammed: Lag-Kano & Calabar-Lag railways projects in #Budget2016. Budget will also, among other projects, connect 2,300km of existing roads
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Mohammed: We're convinced that the new pricing & distribution framework is the solution to the problem of availability of petroleum products
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Minister Fashola clarifies issues around the tax incentives Memo approved by FEC today. pic.twitter.com/Ss8H71rpXN
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
1. In Mon/Tue negotiations with FG, Labour asked for the following:
1. Min Wage Review
2. Palliatives
3. Reconstitution of Board of PPPRA— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Govt has set up a 15-person FG-Labour technical team to review these requests. This was done in spirit of tripartism, in line with @ilo laws
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
#Budget2016 has a robust palliative provision – a 500 billion naira Social Investment Prog that dwarfs previous interventions
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
Government has also agreed to reconstitute the Board of PPPRA within the next two weeks.
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
The 15-person technical committee bringing together Labour Unions and the Federal Government has two weeks to do its job.
— Government of Nigeria (@AsoRock) May 18, 2016
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